LECTURE NOTES: Abnormal Psychology
CLASS DISCUSSION
Antisocial Personality Disorder
● It doesn't like to be around people nor doesn't like to socialize.
Features of Antisocial Personality Disorder
● The essential feature of antisocial personality involves a chronic disregard and violation
of the rights of other people.
Involved in Illegal Activities
● This means that the antisocial will routinely perform behaviors that will provide the
grounds for arrest.
Deceitfulness and Manipulation
● The type of people who would have con and swindle other people.
● They will try to gain profit or pleasure
● They will lie about themselves.
● The other one is impulsivity, marked by a failure to plan ahead.
● They are the type of people who will make decisions on the spur of the moment without
any fourthline to the possible consequences of their behavior.
● As a result of that, they'll be free when changes in jobs, residencies and choice of
friends.
● Irritability and aggressiveness.
● For example, they might repeatedly get into fist fights with other people or commit
physical assaults such as spousal abuse and child abuse.
Behavioral Pattern That Exhibits Recklessness
● They also show recklessness in other dimensions.
● They spend money recklessly.
● They are reckless when it comes to supervising children.
● They have children that they're responsible for.
Major Pattern of Recklessness in Behavior
● Irresponsible
○ For example, experience extended periods of unemployment.
● They will quit jobs on the spot without having a real estate backup plan.
● They will evade financial responsibility to full time debts.
● They won't take their credit card payments.
● They won't pay their student loans.
● They won't pay their bills.
● They don't pay their electric bills.
● The electric bill can shut off.
People With Antisocial Personality Disorder
CLASS DISCUSSION
Antisocial Personality Disorder
● It doesn't like to be around people nor doesn't like to socialize.
Features of Antisocial Personality Disorder
● The essential feature of antisocial personality involves a chronic disregard and violation
of the rights of other people.
Involved in Illegal Activities
● This means that the antisocial will routinely perform behaviors that will provide the
grounds for arrest.
Deceitfulness and Manipulation
● The type of people who would have con and swindle other people.
● They will try to gain profit or pleasure
● They will lie about themselves.
● The other one is impulsivity, marked by a failure to plan ahead.
● They are the type of people who will make decisions on the spur of the moment without
any fourthline to the possible consequences of their behavior.
● As a result of that, they'll be free when changes in jobs, residencies and choice of
friends.
● Irritability and aggressiveness.
● For example, they might repeatedly get into fist fights with other people or commit
physical assaults such as spousal abuse and child abuse.
Behavioral Pattern That Exhibits Recklessness
● They also show recklessness in other dimensions.
● They spend money recklessly.
● They are reckless when it comes to supervising children.
● They have children that they're responsible for.
Major Pattern of Recklessness in Behavior
● Irresponsible
○ For example, experience extended periods of unemployment.
● They will quit jobs on the spot without having a real estate backup plan.
● They will evade financial responsibility to full time debts.
● They won't take their credit card payments.
● They won't pay their student loans.
● They won't pay their bills.
● They don't pay their electric bills.
● The electric bill can shut off.
People With Antisocial Personality Disorder
