PSY BEH 11C Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.4: Borderline Personality Disorder, Big Five Personality Traits, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
19 Mar 2017
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In modern clinical practice, personality disorders are controversial for several reasons: personality disorders appear to be extreme versions of normal personality traits, demonstrating the continuum between what is considered normal versus abnormal (e. g. ) Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self- image or sense of self. Antisocial personality disorder is associated with a lack of empathy. In the 1800s, the term psychopath was coined to describe people who seem willing to take advantage of and to hurt others without any evidence of concern or of remorse. In his book the mask of sanity (1941), hervey cleckley described characteristics of psychopaths from his clinical experience: such individuals could be superficially charming and rational; be insincere, unsocial, and incapable of love; lack insight; and be shameless. Infamous examples include dennis radar (the btk strangler) and. The etiology of antisocial personality disorder: various psychological abnormalities may play a role in antisocial personality disorder.
