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1.
Review
the history of
the idea that
something can go
wrong with a
person’s
personality.
2.
Define
the key
components of a
psychological
disorder, as
conceptualized
by modern
psychiatry.
3.
Describe
the key goals of
the field of
abnormal
psychology.
4.
Review
the various
definitions of
“abnormal” and
identify the
modern
psychiatric
definition of
abnormal.
5.
Discuss
the concept of a
personality
disorder,
including a
modern
psychiatric
definition.
6.
Identify
and discuss the
key criteria for
all personality
disorders,
according to
modern
psychiatry.
7.
Compare
and contrast the
categorical and
dimensional
approaches to
personality
disorders.
8.
Discuss
the importance
of taking into
account the
contexts of
culture, age,
and gender, when
identifying the
presence of a
personality
disorder.
9.
Discuss
the key features
of antisocial
personality
disorder.
10.
Discuss
the key features
of borderline
personality
disorder.
11.
Discuss
the key features
of histrionic
personality
disorder.
12.
Discuss
the key features
of narcissistic
personality
disorder.
13.
Discuss
the key features
of schizoid
personality
disorder.
14.
Discuss
the key features
of schizotypal
personality
disorder.
15.
Discuss
the key features
of paranoid
personality
disorder.
16.
Discuss
the key features
of avoidant
personality
disorder.
17.
Discuss
the key features
of dependent
personality
disorder.
18.
Discuss
the key features
of
obsessive-compulsive
personality
disorder.
19.
Review
the key features
of a dimensional
model of
personality
disorders.
20.
Discuss
key causes that
have been
proposed for
personality
disorders.
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