NURS 3462 Psychology Final Exam 2020
Psych Final Exam Study Guide
Ch. 13 – Personality Disorders
-Personality Disorders
-an enduring pattern of
... [Show More] inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture manifested in 2 or more of the following areas:
-cognition(ways of perceiving), affectivity(appropriateness of emotional response), interpersonal functioning, impulse control
-enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations
-enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning
-pattern is stable and of long duration, and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood
-enduring pattern is not better accounted for as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder
-enduring pattern is not due to the direct physiologic effects of a substance or a general medical condition
-Personality Traits
-behaviors, patterns of perceiving, relating to others, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts
-trait disordersadaptive or maladaptive, depending on whether the trait is inflexible or causes significant functional impairment or subjective distress
-Axis IIPersonality Disorders
-Cluster format as follows:
-cluster A: paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypical make up the odd or eccentric cluster, more likely to be co-occurring
-cluster B: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic constitute the dramatic and emotional cluster, often co-occurring with affective disorders
-cluster C: avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive compose the anxious and fearful cluster, often associated with anxiety disorders
Historic and Theoretic Perspectives
-Freudian Theories
-oraltraits associated with successful completion of this stage include the ability to relate to others without excessive dependency or jealousy
-trust begins to develop, and with trust comes a sense of self-reliance and trust of self
-difficulty with this stage often lack trust and are self-centered, dependent, and jealous
-analability to manage ambivalence(uncertainty) by making decisions without shame or self-doubt
-show a sense of autonomy and independence
-difficulty with this stage, unable to make decisions, withholds friendships or cannot share with others, is full of rage, is stubborn, and may have sadomasochistic tendencies
-phallicsuccessful, masters their internal processes and impulses and gains a beginning sense of relating to other people in the environment
-unable to resolve the conflict can experience multiple psychiatric disorders, particularly those that involves the superego function of guilt
-antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders involve individuals who experience problems identifying with their sexual identity during the critical phallic stage
-latencyfurther development of the ego in an effort to gain control over instinctual impulses
-the child with a sense of industry is able to delay gratification, which helps in areas of learning, work and relating to others
-issues with this stage result in people who have too much or too little inner control
-lack ofdifficulty relating to others
-too muchisolated their emotions and are more regulated
-genitalopportunity to rework earlier issues that the individual has not resolved
-individuals establish goals and values within the context of their own unique personal identities
-Object Relations
-difficultycompromise their sense of self, unable to attain their identified goals or form values [Show Less]