PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Superficial Charm, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Depersonalization Disorder
16 Nov 2016
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Characterized by long lasting extremes in mood: over 20% of americans will experience a mood disorders. Major depressive disorder: more prevalent in females, can develop gradually or suddenly. Are often recurrent: average episodes last 6 months to 1 year, most people experience 5-6 episodes, can cause extreme functional impairment across all areas, symptoms. Bleak mood, no energy, no interest in anything. Episodes last 6 months 1 year. More men than women commit it: behavioral model. No rewards don"t do anything: social learning model. Learned helplessness; failure = internal factors, success=external factors: cognitive model. Caused by negative beliefs and interpretations, remember more negative things: interpersonal. Excessive reassurance others reject: genes. Bipolar disorders (manic depression: depression + manic episodes, symptoms. Condition in which personality traits: lead to distress or impairment, are inflexible, stable, expressed in a wide variety of situations, first appear in adolescence. Childhood problems with developing a sense of self.
