Psychological Disorders: Anti-social Personality Disorder

Review

• How are anxiety disorders treated?• I’m afraid of spiders. Do I have a phobia? Why

or why not?• How are the medical model and

biopsychosocial model of understanding psychological disorders different?

Objectives: Anti-social Personality Disorder

• In addition to understanding/explaining the types, causes, symptoms, and treatments of antisocial personality disorder, you’ll need to do the following:

• Contrast the three clusters of personality disorders: cluster A (odd/eccentric), cluster B (dramatic/erratic), and cluster C (anxious/inhibited).

Cluster A: all are cold and distant

• Paranoid personality disorder—suspicious of surroundings

• Schizoid personality disorder—fear of intimacy and closeness

• Schizotypal personality disorder—disordered thinking, perception, and communication skills.

Cluster B: Unstable

• Borderline: inconsistent moods, manipulative, impulsive

• Antisocial: disregard of feelings, property, authority, and lack of respect for others

• Narcissistic: overly-inflated feelings of self-worth, exploit others

• Histrionic: superficial and exaggerated; seeking attention

Cluster C

• Dependent: lack self-confidence, hard time making decisions

• Avoidant: hypersensitive to rejection• OCD: inflexible to change

APA format

• Basic paraphrase - in-text citation:– After the intervention, children increased the

number of books read per week (Smith & Wexwood, 2010).

– Smith and Wexwood (2010) reported that after the intervention, children increased the number of books read per week.

APA Format

• Short quotations– According to Jones (1998), “XXXXXXXXX” (p. 24).

• Unknown author– A similar study was done of students learning to

format research papers (“Using APA,” 2001)– Another study was done on students…(“Tutoring

and APA,” n.d.).– USE “para” when there are no page numbers

APA format

• Works Cited Page– Author, A., & Author, B. (date of publication). Title

of document. Retrieved from http://www.XXXXXXXXXXXXX

• Don’t be lazy! Most of the info you want is on the web page—you just have to look for it.

Paper Requirements

• One source should be “academic” – Org. – Edu.

• Typed• 1 pg long• NO PLAGIARISM!!! CITE CORRECTLY!!!! DO

YOUR OWN WORK!!! EACH PERSON HAS THEIR OWN PAPER!!!!