module 49: dissociative & personality disorders abnormal psychology unit 13
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Module 49:Dissociative & Personality
Disorders
Abnormal PsychologyUnit 13
Dissociative Disorders
• Dissociative Disorders: a person experience a sudden loss of memory or change in identity.
• Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): A person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities.
• Also known as multiple personality disorder.
Dissociative Disorders
• Ken Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono, together are known as the Hillside Stranglers.
• Bianchi was the son of a prostitute who gave him up for adoption.
• Had mental disorders early in childhood.
Dissociative Disorders
• Along with his cousin, worked as pimps before escalating to murder.
• Raped and murdered 10 women before being arrested.
• They posed as undercover cops and forced women into the back of their car.
Dissociative Disorders
• Pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
• Claimed another of his personalities “Steve Walker” committed the crimes.
• It was all a lie!• Police found psychology books at his
home and he later admitted that he faked the disorder.
Dissociative Disorders
• Some with DID experience completely different personalities and even switch handedness.
• Memories of one personality doesn’t always transfer to the other.
• Critics say people may be playing a role like an actor.
• 20,000 cases reported in the 1980s, only 8 in the previous 40 years.
Personality Disorders
• Personality Disorders: inflexible and lasting patterns of behavior that impair social functioning.
• Personality disorders occur without anxiety, depression, or delusions.
Personality Disorders
• Three clusters of personality disorders:–Expresses anxiety (avoidant personality disorder)–Expresses eccentric behaviors (schizoid personality disorder)–Exhibits dramatic or impulsive behaviors (histrionic personality disorder)
Personality Disorders
• Other personality disorders:• Narcissistic personality disorder
overvalues their own self worth. Can’t take criticism.
• Borderline personality disorder marked by unstable identity, unstable relationships, and impulsive emotions. (Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall!)
Personality Disorders
• Antisocial Personality Disorder: the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even towards friends and family members.
• Many serial killers fit into this category.
• Formerly called sociopath or psychopath.
Personality Disorders
• Usually a male and shows signs before age 15.
• Lies, steals, fights, or sexually aggressive.
• Shows little remorse, feelings, or fear.
• Most criminals do not fit this category because most care about family and friends.
Personality Disorders
• Can show signs as early as 3 to 6 years old.
• If channeled in positive direction, antisocial personalities can lead to heroism, adventurism, or high-level athletics.
• Genetics combined with environmental influences produce antisocial personality disorder.
Personality Disorders
Who has it?• Henry Lee Lucas strangled a
woman who refused him sex at age 13.
• Elwood Toole killed about 50 people and teamed with Lucas.
• “I think of killing like smoking a cigarette, like another habit.” - Toole