PSYC 2030U Lecture 8: Lesson 8- Personality Disorders
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Personality disorders as minor variants: some clinicians consider personality disorders to less severe variants of other diagnosable disorders. Personality disorders as extreme variants: some clinicians instead consider personality disorders to exst as extreme variants of normal personalities. Categorical and dimensional models: categories of personality disorders is controversial. Problems of kind vs. problems of degree. Big 5 personality characteristics (ocean: 5 factor model of personality appears to be a meaningful way of measuring personality traits, based on common language descriptors of personality, borne out by factor analysis, believed to have unique, biological underpinnings. Statistics and prevalence: statistic and prevalence are somewhat unknown, canadian data is generally lacking, many people are undiagnosed do(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g is (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith the(cid:373, gender differences = criterion gender bias & assessment gender bias. The criteria for a disorder may themselves be biased (criterion gender bias), or the assessment measures and the way they are used may be biased (assessment gender bias).
