Borderline Personality Disorder Causes
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What motivates mindless aggression according to the text?

  • The need to dominate and get what one wants (correct)
  • Fear of consequences
  • Empathy towards others
  • A perceived threat

    • What concept is associated with taking pleasure in someone else's suffering?

  • Empathy
  • Schadenfreude (correct)
  • Compassion
  • Sympathy

    • In the context of Type P individuals, what is suggested to be a potential cause of their behavior?

  • Extreme fear
  • High level of empathy
  • Excessive guilt
  • Zero degrees of empathy (correct)

    • Why did Paul end up in jail according to the text?

    <p>For being found guilty of murder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What provoked Paul to commit the violent act in the story?

    <p>'The man had stared at him across the bar'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest might be the reason behind Paul's lack of guilt for the murder he committed?

    <p>'He believed he was justified due to the other person's behavior'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characteristic of psychopaths is highlighted in the text as being connected to their capability of doing bad things without guilt?

    <p>Empathy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role does anxiety play in relation to psychopathic behavior?

    <p>It prevents punishment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which feature of psychopaths is NOT mentioned in the text as related to a lack of empathy?

    <p>High emotional intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes guilt from empathy based on the text?

    <p>Empathy can cause guilt but not vice versa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic mentioned in the text can result in a psychopath's failure to plan ahead?

    <p>Egocentricity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main argument of Object Relations Theory regarding the cause of borderline personality disorder?

    <p>Parental abuse or neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Freudian principle is integral to the development of Object Relations Theory?

    <p>The earliest relationship influencing all later ones</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'significant other' in Object Relations Theory?

    <p>A parent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'separation-individuation phase' in Object Relations Theory?

    <p>A phase where the child establishes their sense of self</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which psychodynamic idea is not mentioned as integral to the development of Object Relations Theory?

    <p>The importance of early childhood experiences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who developed the ideas of Object Relations Theory into an explanation of borderline personality disorder?

    <p>Otto Kernberg</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'internal pot of gold' argument?

    <p>Insecure attachment of a more extreme form increases the risk of becoming Zero-Negative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is Peter Fonagy and what is his role in the context of the text?

    <p>Peter Fonagy is a professor of psychoanalysis who takes interesting ideas from psychoanalysis and tries to test them empirically.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the attachment relationship in the development of empathy?

    <p>The attachment relationship is the crucible for learning about other people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the importance of imagining another person's thoughts and feelings?

    <p>Imagining another person's thoughts and feelings is important, but only if it is safe to do so.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some negative experiences that may go along with childhood separation?

    <p>Inconsistent parental discipline, parental alcoholism, lack of supervision, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, or complete abandonment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the caregiver's mind in the development of the child's empathy?

    <p>The child tries to imagine what their caregiver is thinking or feeling about them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the major components of empathy that psychopaths have difficulty with, according to the text?

    <p>Recognition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What method is used to measure how aroused a person is by emotional material, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Event-related potentials (ERP)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What brain activity is not shown by psychopaths in response to emotional words, as indicated in the text?

    <p>Increase in brain activity over the central and parietal regions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the tendency to interpret ambiguous situations as if the other person has hostile intent, as observed in some children with conduct disorder?

    <p>Hostile attribution bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characteristic of psychopaths is highlighted in the text as being connected to their difficulty in processing emotional material?

    <p>Reduced autonomic responsiveness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of emotional expressions are psychopaths worse at naming, according to the text?

    <p>Fearful expressions</p> Signup and view all the answers

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