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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 11 Problem 15TY

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Solution 1

Personality is a unique expressed character that influences our behavior, emotions and interactions. These particular characteristics are called personality traits. Yet these traits are flexible and normal persons will look for a better environment but it lacks in case of persons suffering from personality disorder.

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Thus personality trait is described as the unique expressed character that influences our behavior, emotions and interactions and is dependant across the situations.

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People with personality disorder will display a rigid, pattern of inner experience and outward behavior that weaken their sense of self, emotional experiences, goals and capacity for intimacy.

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The DSM divides the personality disorders into three clusters

• Cluster A

• Cluster B

• Cluster C

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Cluster C includes anxious and fearful emotions. The disorders listed in this are avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder and the obsessive compulsory disorder.

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Obsessive compulsive personality disorder as the name indicates it is characterized by the excessive orderliness, perfectionism, mental and interpersonal control.

• Individuals with this disorder are preoccupied with the rules, order, schedules to the major extent that the major point of activity is lost.

• In overconscientious and scrupulous.

• Unable to discard worn out or worthless objects.

• Shows rigidity and stubbornness.

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