1. Personality syndromes

2. Meaning Most personality patterns have some basic similarities.
These similarities are due to the use of similar child training methods in home and the school.
“Syndrome” is the medical term which is commonly used to refer to personality patterns that show basic similarities.
In medical terms, syndrome relates to the pattern of predisposing causes of disease, its symptoms and its course.

3. Types of personality syndromes
Cartel described two types of personality syndromes:
Abnormal syndromes: A number of syndrome characteristics of abnormal personality patterns have been identified. These have proved valuable in diagnosis of personality disorders.
Normal syndromes: Among normal people, tests and clinical data have proved that personality syndromes result from similar training in the home and school, similar attitudes and similar cultural pressures.

4. Abnormal syndromes
Psychopathic personality: The syndrome of the psychopathic personality includes such traits as:
Unreliability
Deceitfulness (untrustworthiness)
Egocentricity (selfishness)
Improvidence (carelessness)
Antisocial
Extreme emotional shallowness
Inability to show anger, love and other common responses.
But individual may possess superficial charm and give the impression of having sound mental health.

5. Abnormal syndromes Delinquent Personality Strong drives
Weak conscience (sense of right and wrong)
Dissatisfaction
Defensiveness
Rebelliousness
Anxiety
Tension
Emotional immaturity
Hypersensitivity

6. ABNORMAL SYNDROMES Manic Syndrome:
Effective stage of eagerness and joyous excitement.
Association of ideas is rapid and uncontrolled.
Thinking is flighty.
Memory to place, time and identify are sound but the individual does not recognize that his personality has changes.

7. Normal syndromes
In normal people, tests and clinical data have revealed that personality syndromes result from similar training in the home and school, similar attitudes and similar cultural pressures.
Syndrome of overprotected only child
Syndrome of only child having home environment

8. Overprotected only child
Selfishness
Self centered
Lack of cooperation
Dependency

9. Only child having home environment
Independence
Cooperativeness
Responsibility etc.
Good social adjustments
Assume leadership roles among their peer

10. Creative personality syndrome
Need for autonomy and independence
Flexibility
Non conformity
Playfulness
Forcefulness
Aggressiveness