Perhaps the most interesting section of personality psychology - psychopathology and accentuation nature, because it is in this area displays the researchers were able to distinguish between mental pathology and the norm.Theoretical information in this section are related to two well-known names - Licko and Leonhard.These psychologists, independently of each other, identified personality types.The essence of each of them is determined by the dominant trait.
explain the phenomenon of accentuation (dominance in the nature of a single trait), the authors were able to determine the typology of age limit, when it is possible to declare disease: after adolescence.
The strangest
the most pressing issues of diagnosing pathology arises in relation to people who are peculiar schizoid personality type.Iefenced off from the environment.His is mainly the lack of desire to establish contacts, to communicate as such.What is man, as part of society, is "abnormal" (after all, communication is part of the basic social needs).Eccentric behavior, disinhibition - are associated characteristics of this type.Such people are fascinated and takes away from the fantasy world of the society in which they feel comfortable, like nowhere else in the "real" world.
Therefore, they say that the trait itself is characterized by the pathological manifestations that affect behavior, define a kind of mindset.
ambiguity behavior
Almost every characteristic type has its antipode, hence there was a view of the instability of this type of personalities, the lack of internal unity.
This is mainly twofold expression of themselves, their place in the world is reduced to the mental characteristics: rich inner world and the poverty of its external manifestations.
That schizoid personality type begins to appear before other character accentuations, long before adolescence.And not always stabilized to maturity.
Sometimes schizoid child shows molestation against a specific person - it can not always be interpreted as a "gleam" in his mental picture.On the contrary - the unwillingness to communicate, communicate and molestation are just the manifestations of one characteristic.And then, and another defines schizoid personality type.It is also a mismatch molestation normal behavior (no one would be imposed on another person, because everyone is aware of when to stop, due to the ability to interpret nonverbal cues).Molestation is the same man's inability to communicate, and that the complete closure of the environment.
Another manifestation of such a strong protest against social norms and practices, sometimes to achieve their goals (shake the established order of things) schizoid personality type can make a vivid speech at the huge crowd of people.
Misunderstanding social traditions and regulations is also a feature of this type, sometimes manifests itself even beyond the normal (legal) behavior.However, the representatives of this type are rare addiction to alcohol, suicide, delinquent behavior (group of the offense).
prospects for personal development
schizoid accentuation not always bounces back, giving way to other important qualities.On the contrary, this feature is firmly holds its dominant position in the character by suppressing the development of man as a person in general, and especially its socially important qualities.
for normal development is important to learn to feel others, to learn to empathize, to use "social" intuition.It is these skills lacking schizoid teenagers, and especially when they begin to appear so bright that it is impossible not to cause a wave of indignation and resentment on the part of peers, teachers and even parents.
To help schizoid type, all efforts should be directed to his social adjustment, myself in this, he can not help, because they do not notice for a controversial manifestation of personal qualities.With the right training (without extremes: overprotection, connivance) schizoid teenagers come during adolescence with a set of other highly developed qualities and schizoid accentuation hides behind them, but does not disappear completely.It is part of human nature, and this is good because in this quest to shut down the world is hidden a great inner peace, independence, ability to work without boundaries.No wonder many of the geniuses of mankind was absented to shizodnomu type (Einstein, Van Gogh).
