Personality

Question 1

what is pers.

Answer 1

enduring pattern of thinking or behav. in social context

Question 2

2 ways to classify personality

Answer 2

categorical vs. dimensional

Question 3

2 aspects to categorization

Answer 3

1. universality: reliable across methods, genders, cultrues

2. stability over time

Question 4

what is dimensional model

Answer 4

NEO

Question 5

what are cloniger’s 3 models

Answer 5

1. novelty seeking
2. harm avoidance
3. reward dependence

Question 6

adv of dimensional view

Answer 6

1. everyone has traits
2. no need for multiple overlaps
3. better info about indiv.

Question 7

disadv. of dimensional

Answer 7

1. when is it a disorder

2. no natural breaks detected

Question 8

what is catagroy model

Answer 8

DSM style

Question 9

what is prob with DSM models

Answer 9

1. arbitrary
2. ambiguous def.
3. overlapping diagnosis
4. multiple diagnosis

Question 10

DSM def of pers. disorder

Answer 10

enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that differs markedly from culture in 2 or more ways:

1. cognition
2. affectivity
3. interpers. function
4. impulse control

Question 11

3 main PD groups

Answer 11

1. odd/eccentric - paranoid, shcoid, types
2. erratic dramatic - BPD, narc, antosocial
3. anxious/fearful - avoidant, dependent, compulsive

Question 12

how is validity of diagnosis

Answer 12

not great - doesn’t correspond to etiology or define treatment

Question 13

what is key to therapy

Answer 13

not change, but improve coping and health yways of fitting in with personality

Question 14

what do we know about neurobio of behav

Answer 14

not much, some correlates between structural, functional and transmitter system

Question 15

2 neurotransmitter and behav they are linked to

Answer 15

DOPA - novelty seeking

5HT - harm avoidance

Question 16

what is heritability of pers

Answer 16

50-80% - highly - likely multi gene