Psyc 111 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I Psychodynamic Theories II Humanistic Theories Outline of Current Lecture I Trait Theories II Mental Disorders III Anxiety Disorders Current Lecture I Trait Theories Trait theories were first studied by Cattell and are the theories of source traits such as being nice and surface traits such as being friendly compassionate and caring The original study for these theories were attempts to describe personalities through adjectives and studying L data or a list of surface traits decided by friends from a list of 170 adjectives They also studied Q data which was when people assessed themselves on a questionnaire Eysenck also studied trait theories and developed the Constitutional Theory of Personality which consisted of the ectomorph the mesomorph and the endomorph According to Eysenck there are two source traits Introversion Extroversion and Neuroticism Stability They are related to Hippocrates 4 personality types Cattell and Eysenck s theories have been synthesized into one personality questionnaire The big 5 personality factors are Extroversion Introversion Neuroticism Stability AgreeablenessAntagonsim Conciousness Indirectedness and Openness Nonopenness II Mental Disorders There are three different types of mental disorders medical disorders behavioral disorders and sociocultural disorders Mental disorders are caused by predisposing symptoms precipitating symptoms and muintaining symtoms The diagnostic and statistic manual IV DSM IV is what is used to These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute diagnose and categorize mental disorders They include specific diagnostic criteria which are essential features of the disorder associated features of the disorder diagnostic criteria and information on different diagnoses The five diagnosis axes include clinical syndrome personality disorders or mental retardation general medical disorders psychosocial and environmental problems and global assessment of functioning Related issues include neurosis and psychosis III Anxiety Disorders There are 3 components to anxiety disorders They include subjective reports behavioral responses and psychological responses Anxiety disorders are the single largest mental health problem There are three general patterns associated with anxiety disorders panic disorders and generalized anxiety disorder phobias and OCD Panic disorders are panic attacks and intervening periods where derealization and depersonalization occurs People often go to the emergency room for these and can be caused by caffeine Generalized anxiety disorders are when someone is in a chronic state of diffuse anxiety and experience restlessness irritability insomnia and a resting state of panic disorders Phobias are an intense irrational fear of an object or a situation They are often simple and specific Social phobias are more realistic and more impairing then simple phobias They can include public speaking eating in public and public bathrooms Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD is when an obsession is equal to one s thoughts and the compulsion is equal to one s behavior It can include cleaning rituals and checking rituals and often follows a stressful event It is not like compulsive gambling or eating