PSYC 305 Chapter 19: Chapter 19 - Disorders of Personality
Document Summary
Personality disorders maladaptive variations or combinations of normal personality traits: the concept of traits (big 5) can be useful for describing personality disorders. Motivation is another basic building block of personality that is important to understanding personality d/o: motives describe what people want and why they behave the way they do. Cognition also provides a building block for understanding personality disorders. Cognition consists of mental activity involved in perceiving, interpreting and planning. Some d/o involve routine and consistent misinterpretations of the intentions of others. Emotion is also important in understanding personality d/o. Self-concept some personality d/o have distortion in the self-concept. Social relationships are frequently disturbed or maladaptive in personality disorders. Biology can also form building blocks of several personality disorders. Disorder is a pattern of behaviour or experience that is distressing and painful to the person, that leads to disability or impairment in important life domains problems with work, marriage or relationship difficulties.
