Schizotypy
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Schizotypy
Basic Characteristics
- Description
Schizotypy is a psychological concept that describes a spectrum of personality characteristics and qualities related to schizophrenia and psychosis. Schizotypy exists in contrast to the typically categorical view of psychosis, that one either has it or does not.
- History
Eugen Blueler was one of the first to discard the idea that there was a clear separation between sanity and madness. Instead he viewed psychosis as an extreme expression of thoughts and behaviors that can exisit at different levels throughout the general population. Hans Eysenck and Gordin Claridge were among the first to consider psychosis to be a variatoin of odd thoughts and behaviors by personality theory. According to Eysenck psychotocism could be considered an entirely separate personality trait. Eventually Claridge called this personality trait Schizotypy.
There are four factors which made up Schizotypy according to Claridge: unusual experiences, cognitive disorganization, introverted anhedonia and impulsive nonconformity. Unusual experiences is the disposition to have unusual perceptual and other cognitive experiences. These may include hallucinations, superstituous beliefs and strange interpretation of events. Cognitive disorganization refers to a tendency for thoughts to become derailed and tangential. Next, introverted anhedonia is the tendency to be emotionally flat and to exhibit aspcoa; behavior. This is associated with a deficit in one's ability for pleasure from social and physical stimulation. Finally, impulsive nonconformity refers an instability of mood and behaviors specifically with regard to rules and various social conventions.
- References
Horan, W.P.; Blanchard J.J.; Clark, L.A.; Green, M.F. (2008). Affective Traits in Schizophrenia and Schizotypy. PMID 18667393
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