PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Personality Disorder, Vitamin Deficiency
Document Summary
Personality characteristics interfere w/ relationships cause person distress or general disrupt activities of daily living personality disorder. Personality disorders are chronic do not come and go but originate in childhood continue throughout adulthood. Overly suspicious affect everything in her life. Personality disorder: persistent pattern of emotions, cognitions, and behavior that results in enduring emotional distress for the person affected and or for others cause difficulties w/ work and relationships. Indi w/ personality disorders may not feel any subjective distress. Antisocial personality disorder indi show blatant disregard for rights of others yet exhibit no remorse. Extended periods in many situations cause great emotional pain for themselves. Degree rather than kind problems of ppl w/ personality disorders may just be extreme versions of problems many of us experience temporarily. Extreme versions of normal personality variations dimensions. Gender in terms of dimensions maleness and femaleness determined by hormones.
