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Personality Disorder

The document discusses psychopathic behaviors and personality disorders. Psychopathic behaviors stem from immature personality development and result in maladaptive ways of thinking and perceiving. They are unable to conform to social standards. Common characteristics include lack of conscience, emotional immaturity, lack of life plans or emotional involvement. The document then defines personality disorders as disorders of character without psychoses, characterized by disrupted relationships and dependent, passive-aggressive or antisocial behaviors. It describes 11 specific personality disorders including paranoid, schizoid, borderline, narcissistic, dependent, and antisocial personalities. Antisocial personality is considered psychopathic behavior, characterized by lack of ethics, impulsivity, blaming others, and inability to

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Personality Disorder

The document discusses psychopathic behaviors and personality disorders. Psychopathic behaviors stem from immature personality development and result in maladaptive ways of thinking and perceiving. They are unable to conform to social standards. Common characteristics include lack of conscience, emotional immaturity, lack of life plans or emotional involvement. The document then defines personality disorders as disorders of character without psychoses, characterized by disrupted relationships and dependent, passive-aggressive or antisocial behaviors. It describes 11 specific personality disorders including paranoid, schizoid, borderline, narcissistic, dependent, and antisocial personalities. Antisocial personality is considered psychopathic behavior, characterized by lack of ethics, impulsivity, blaming others, and inability to

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Psychopathic behaviors

 Typically stemmed from immature and distorted personality


development, resulting in persistent maladaptive ways of perceiving
and thinking.
 People with psychopathic behaviors are also called sociopaths
or psychopaths.
 They are not able to conform to prevailing customs and standards of
conduct of their social group.
Common Characteristics
1. absence of a conscience
2. emotional immaturity
3. absence of a life plan
4. lack of capacity for love and emotional involvement
5. failure to learn from experience

Personality Disorders
 Disorders of character.
 The person is characterized as “problematic” without psychoses.
 Characterized by disrupted personal relationship, dependent or passive-
aggressive behavior.
Types of Personality Disorders
1. Paranoid Personality–characterized by suspiciousness, rigidity,
envy, hypersensitivity, excessive self-importance, argumentativeness,
and tendency to blame others for one’s own mistakes.
2. Schizoid Personality–characterized by the inability to form
social relationships and lack of interest in doing so. The person seems to
express their feelings, they lack social skills. They are the so-called “loners”.
3. Schizotypal Personality–characterized by seclusiveness,
oversensitivity, avoidance of communication, and superstitious thinking is
common.
4. Histrionic Personality–characterized by immaturity, excitability,
emotional instability, and self-dramatization.
5. Narcissistic Personality–characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-
importance and preoccupation with receiving attention. The person usually
expects and demands special treatment from others and disregards the rights
and feelings of others.
6. Borderline Personality–characterized by instability reflected in drastic mood
shifts and behavior problems. The person usually displays intense anger
outbursts with little provocation and he is impulsive, unpredictable, and
periodically unstable.
7. Avoidant Personality–characterized by hypersensitivity to rejection
and apprehensive alertness to any sign of social derogation. A person is
reluctant to enter into social interaction.
8. Dependent Personality–characterized by extreme dependence on
other people –there is acute discomfort and even panic to be alone. The
person lacks confidence and feels helpless.
9. Passive-Aggressive Personality–characterized by being hostile express
in indirect and non-violent ways. They are the so-called “stubborn”.
10. Compulsive Personality–characterized by excessive concern with
rules, order, and efficiency that everyone does things their way and an ability
to express warm feelings. The person is over conscientious, serious, and
with difficulty in doing things for relaxation.
11. Anti-social Personality–characterized by the continuing violation of the
rights of others through aggressive, anti-social behavior without remorse or
loyalty to anyone.
Anti-social Personality is actually the “psychopathic behavior”. The
person lacks ethical or moral development and the inability to follow approved
models of behavior. They are the un-socialized persons, which often brings
them conflict with society. They may be referred to mixed groups of
individuals such as unprincipled business people, crooked politicians,
imposters, drug pushers, quack doctors, prostitutes, etc.
Common Characteristics of anti-social personalities
1) Inadequate conscience development and unable to accept ethical values.
2) Irresponsible and impulsive behavior; low frustration tolerance.
3) Ability to impress and exploit others; projecting blame unto others of their
own anti-social acts.
4) Rejection of authority.5)Inability to maintain a good interpersonal
relationship.
Criminal Behavior
 -The disorder is used to describe the behavior of a person who commits
serious crimes from individual to property crimes and the disobedience
of societal rules in general.
 Dyssocial personality is the term used to refer to these
individuals, particularly those who violate law and practice “crime as a
profession”.

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