Antisocial Personality Disorder
1. Personality Disorders
Personality disorders are characterized by a persistent pattern of socially irresponsible behavior, which usually begins in early adolescence, even a little before, during puberty, and reflects disregard, contempt for, and violation of the rights of others, lack of interest or concern for others, lack of remorse for harm they may cause, inability to learn from experience, low frustration tolerance, irritability, and failure to recognize one’s own guilt or responsibility with
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Understanding the Differences: Gifted, Talented, and Precocious
Gifted
The term “gifted” refers to exceptional individuals who exhibit:
- High intellectual capacity and performance
- Exceptional creativity
- Persistence in pursuing tasks until tangible results are achieved
When applied to adults, giftedness signifies achievements, while in children, it typically indicates potential.
Talented
Talent, from a psychometric perspective, refers to specialized skills in specific areas such as art, music, sports, or
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Imputability and Capacity of the Schizophrenic
Liability
In schizophrenia with full clinical activity, there is no accountability. The individual is unable to understand the consequences of their actions and, therefore, to control them. They must be admitted to an appropriate institution for their condition or undergo outpatient treatment. In situations of schizophrenic defect, the individual’s accountability is proportional to the intensity and the symptoms resulting from this defect. The defect
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Understanding Transgender Identities
Defining Transgender
Transgender (IPA: [trænsˈdʒɛndər]) is a broad term encompassing individuals, behaviors, and groups whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth. Gender identity is one’s internal sense of being male, female, both, neither, or somewhere else along the gender spectrum. Assigned gender, on the other hand, is typically based on physical characteristics at birth.
Transgender identity does not imply any specific sexual orientation.
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Behaviorism: Based on scientific methods to study human behavior, it proposes to analyze observable actions in particular situations to explain behavior, including the environment and experiences that determine it. Human behavior is the unconscious side; personality does not exist. John B. Watson defended the idea of a psychology that considered behavior valuable in itself as an object of study. He studied the adjustment of organisms to their environments, specifically the particular stimuli or
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Logical Criticism of the Mind-Brain Identity Theory
If we speak of identity between mental events (EM) and physical events (EF), then both should be governed by Leibniz’s laws:
- Law of Indiscernibility of Identicals: If two things cannot be distinguished, they are identical. Ax Ay [(x = y) -> (Fx <-> Py)]
- Law of Identity of Indiscernibles: If two things are identical, then they are indistinguishable. Ax Ay [AP (Px <-> Py) -> (x = y)]
Under these laws, if EM = EF, then they should have
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