PPT-Chapter 12 Personality

Personality Consistent Tendency behavior across situations Distinctiveness Individual personality traits Personality An individuals unique set of consistent behavioral traits Stability of behavior over time. Alcohol & Drug Involvement during Childhood & Adolescence. Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Historical Perspective. Antisocial personality is innate (Hobbes). Antisocial personality is learned (Locke & Rousseau). Jessica . Mulford. &. Marisa Hawkins . A vignette of Julian Smith . A vignette of Julian Smith. Julian thought since he was the one to put the waffles on his plate, they were his because he is the only one who is important in his mind. . Pia. Torres and Kristine Tran. Period 5. Vignette. Diana Miller, 25, entered a long-term treatment unit of a psychiatric hospital after a serious suicide attempt. Diana had been a sociable child until she turned 12. She became demanding sullen, rebellious, shifting from a giddy euphoria to tearfulness and depression. She became promiscuous, abused marijuana and hallucinogens and ran away at 15 with a boy. She craved excitement and would get drunk and dance wildly, and left with strange men. When she was 17, she made her first suicide attempt by cutting her wrist severely. She was obsessed with calories and with the need to have her food cut into particular shapes and arranged on her plate in a particular manner. If her parents didn’t do this she would have tantrums. She never had female friends and she has often been “eaten alive” with boredom. She languished at home, grew more depressed and agoraphobic and escalated her valium use. . Learning Objectives. Explain individual personality factors. Describe the MTBI personality framework. Discuss the Big Five Personality Model. Examine how job typology affects the personality-job performance relationship. Uni. -dimensional or Multi-dimensional. Theoretical . or Psychometric (data reduction). Factor Analysis or Criterion Reference. Normal or Abnormal Traits. Group or Individual Administration. Oral or Written. According to Freud, the part of the psyche that stops a person from stealing is the. Collective unconscious. Id. Superego. ego. Answer: C. Superego. Gary feels that his younger son George is unattractive and not very smart. He accuses his wife of picking on George and favoring their other son. What defense is being used?. nner . psychological characteristic . that reflect how a person . responds. to his/her environment.. Inner characteristics -can be specific personal . qualities, attributes, traits, mannerisms . that distinguish one individual from others. PERSONALITY. What is Personality. ?. People . differ from. each . other in. meaningful . ways. People . seem to show. some . consistency in. behavior. Personality is defined as . distinctive and . National Instituteof Mental HealthWhat are the signs and symptoms People with borderline personality disorder may experience mood swings and may display uncertainty about how they see themselves and t inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. . usually without depression or delusions.. Robert Lee Yates: . Spokane Skid Row Killer. Personality Disorders. Broken down into Clusters:. Maladaptive variations or combinations of normal personality traits. Extremes on either end of specific trait dimensions can be associated with disorders.. An enduring pattern of experience and behavior that differs greatly from society’s expectations. People with personality disorders have . formed peculiar and unpleasant personality patterns. . For example, some are very secretive, some very self-centered and selfish, some suspicious all the time. . %). In this section of the course, students explore major theories of how humans . develop enduring . patterns of behavior and personal characteristics that influence how . others relate . to them. The unit also addresses research methods used to assess personality. Case Study:. . You Are What Makes You Laugh. Section 1:. . The Trait Approach. Section 2:. . The Psychoanalytic Approach. Section 3:. . The Learning Approach. Section 4:. . The Humanistic and Sociocultural Approaches.