PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Conduct Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Occipital Lobe
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Summary (cid:1) coded on axis ii in dsm-iv-tr, personality disorders are defined as enduring patterns of behavior and inner experience that disrupt functioning. Antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy overlap a great deal but are not equivalent. A lack of empathy might also be a factor in the psychopath"s callous treatment of others. Avoidant personality disorder might result from the transmission of fear from parent to child via modeling. Dependent personality might be caused by disruptions of the parent-child relationship (e. g. , through separation or loss) that lead the person to fear losing other relationships in adulthood. It is important to note that dependency as a personality trait is at least partially inherited. This approach combines client- centered acceptance with a cognitive behavioral focus on making specific changes in thought, emotion, and behavior. Answer: b type: factual page: 387: compared to normal personality styles, personality disorders are more, bizarre and out of control, dangerous and immoral, inborn and physiological, pervasive and inflexible.
