Health ministry of republic of moldova the university of medicine and pharmacy nicolae testemiţanu

 
disorders.
Persons with 
dependent personality disorder
 
are extremely 
passive and tend to subordinate their own needs to those of others. Due 
to their lack of self-confidence, they avoid asserting themselves and 
allow others to take responsibility for their lives. 
Compulsive personality 
disorder
is characterized by behavioral rigidity, excessive emotional 
restraint, and overly conscientious compliance with rules. Persons with 
this disorder are overly cautious and indecisive and tend to procrastinate 
(postpone) and to become overly (excessively) upset by deviations from 
rules and routines. 
Passive aggressive personality
disorder involves 
covert (clandestine) aggression
 
expressed by a refusal to meet the 
expectations of others in such areas as adequate job performance, which 
may be sabotaged through procrastination, forgetfulness, and 
inefficiency. This disorder is also characterized by irritability, volatility, 
and a tendency to blame others for one’s problems. 
 
Questions for self-evaluation: 
1.
Give the definition of personality. 
2.
Enumerate the theories of personality. 
3.
Define character, as a social trait of personality. 
4.
Define temperament as a biological basis for character. 
5.
Explain the two, biologically-based categories of temperament, by 
Eysenck. 
6.
Explain the nature of aptitudes. 

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7.
Explain the concept of personality. 
8.
Describe the hypothesis regarding personality development. 
9.
Describe the antisocial personality. 
10.
Which are the influences on personality development? 
11.
Enumerate the common characteristic of personality disorders.