CSP 161 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Personality Disorder, Nomothetic, Psychopathology

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology
• Course: CSP 161
• Professor: Andrew Elliot

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4 types, traits, and interactionism (part 3) From these placements, a profile can be made that illustrates what the person is like and how he or she is likely to behave in various situations. Combinations of traits can also interact in order to make the personality even more specialized i. e. two bold people might be different because they have different levels of sociability. There was a trait-based view point on psychopathology. Certain traits are more linked to having issues. The five-factor model and personality disorders: personality disorder a stable, enduring pattern of behavior that deviates from normal (cid:272)ultural e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)terferes (cid:449)ith a perso(cid:374)"s life or the li(cid:448)es of others. It is possible that personality disorders are just extreme manifestations of the big five. Now people are questioning whether all abnormalities are due to. Interactionism in behavior problems extreme forms of certain traits.