The organization featured primitive defenses, projective identification diffusion and difficultly in reality testing. ... Some of the core traits of BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) are impulsive aggressions and affective dysregulation or instability in moods. ... Studies show that 33 to 35% of patients with Borderline Personality Disorder suffer from comorbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Someone that is suffering from BPD is twice as likely to have a co-occurring diagnosis of PTSD than any other personality disorder. When a person is suffering from a personality disorder they become m...

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This essay will compare and contrast Horney's and Bowlby's key concepts of personality notably that childhood is a crucial development period for personality, that parental relationships are determinants of personality, and that poor parental relationships can adversely impact personality development. ... Karen Horney's (1885-1952) psychodynamic theory of personality reflects the key Freudian idea that core aspects of personality are formed in childhood, however her view was not as rigid as Freud's who stipulated a child's personality is determined by the age of five. ...

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Again it was found that intellectual ability was a poor predictor of success in living, and that other personality attributes, such as ego strength and demonstrations of early practical competence were far better predictors. ... The results uniformly suggest that various kinds of practical knowledge and abilities, such as the ability to get along with others and tacit knowledge about what is expected, are often far more important for success than intellectual ability as measured by IQ tests (see also Cantor & Kihlstrom, 1987, for an analysis of this issue from a social-cognitive perspective). ...

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Neuropsychologists test and evaluate patients to determine if psychological processes are impairing behavior or cognitive performance" (Career Information Center 181). ... "Like other social scientists, psychologists formulate hypothesis and collect data to test their validity. ... Psychologists sometimes gather information through controlled laboratory experiments or by administering personality, performance, aptitude, or intelligence tests. ... Neuropsychologists and Clinical neuropsychologists normally do the following: Write or prepare detailed clinical neuropsychological or neur...

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These complications, as discussed, may include incarceration, delinquency, addiction, and the further development of CD into Anti-Social Personality Disorder or even psychopathy (Belini, 2014). As a result it is imperative that effective treatments be researched, tested, and implemented – for both the future well being of the children affected as well as society as a whole. ...

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