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PSY 130 SCHIZOPHRENIA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PSY 130 SCHIZOPHRENIA EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
positive, negative, disorganization - ANSWER What three broad symptom domains
are used to describe schizophrenia?
disordered thinking (ideas are not logically related), faulty perception and attention,
lack of emotional expressiveness, and disturbances in behavior, such as disheveled
appearance. may withdraw from other people and everyday reality - ANSWER
what characteristic of schizophrenia?
sometimes in childhood, but usually in late adolescence or early adulthood -
ANSWER when does schizophrenia usually appear?
1% prevalence in the population, suicide rates are high (12% more likely than the
general population), more likely to die from any cause than the general population -
ANSWER important etiology
positive symptoms - ANSWER comprises excesses and distortions, and includes
hallucinations and delusions
DSM Diagnosis Criteria for Schizophrenia - ANSWER Two or more of the
following symptoms for at least 1 month; one symptom should be either 1,2, or 3
(1) delusions
(2) hallucinations
(3) disorganized speech
(4) disorganized (or catatonic) behavior
(5) negative symptoms (diminished motivation or emotional expression)
Functioning in work, relationships, or self-care has declined since onset
Signs of disorder for at least 6 months; or, if during a prodromal or residual phase,
,negative symptoms or two or more of symptoms 1-4 in less severe form
Delusions - ANSWER beliefs that are contrary to reality and firmly held despite
disconfirming evidence are common positive symptoms of schizophrenia
persecutory delusions - ANSWER What is the most common type of delusion?
common delusions of schizophrenia (besides persecutory) - ANSWER thought
insertion (a belief that thoughts that are not his or her own have been plaed in his or
her mind by an external source), thought broadcasting (the belief that his or her
thoughts are broadcast or transmitted, so htat others know what he or she is
thinking), belief that an external force controls his or her feelings or behaviors,
grandiose delusions (an exaggerated sense of his or her own importance, power,
knowledge, or identity), ideas of reference ( incorporating unimportant events
within a delusional framework and reading personal significance into the trivial
activities of others)
bipolar, MDD with psychotic features, and delusional disorder - ANSWER What
other disorders besides schizophrenia are delusions found?
hallucinations - ANSWER sensory experiences in the absence of any relevant
stimulation from the environment
more often auditory than visual
their own voice - ANSWER People who have auditory hallucinations may
misattribute ____________ as being someone else's voice
Broca's area (frontal cortex that supports our ability to produce speech)
Wernicke's area ( temporal cortex, supports our ability to understand speech)
Problem in the connections between the frontal lobe areas that enable the
production of speech and the temporal lobe areas that enable the understanding of
speech - ANSWER Greater activity in what brain areas are associated with auditory
hallucinations?
negative symptoms - ANSWER symptoms that consist of behavioral deficits in
motivation, pleasure, social closeness, and emotion expression. These symptoms
tend to endure beyond an acute episode and have profound effects on the lives of
people with schizophrenia
, avolition - ANSWER negative symptom
apathy, refers to lack of motivation and seeming absence of interest in or an
inability to persist in what are usually routine activities, including work or school,
hobbies, or social activities.
usually display this in some areas of life, but not others such as avoiding negative
outcomes or relatedness to others
Asociality - ANSWER negative symptom
sever impairment in social relationships
few friends, poor social skills, little interest in being with other people
wish to spend time alone, when around others may appear aloof or indifferent
anhedonia - ANSWER negative symptom
a loss of interest in or a reported lessening of the experience of pleasure
consummatory pleasure and anticipatory pleasure - ANSWER two types of
pleasure experiences in the anhedonia construct
consummatory pleasure - ANSWER refers to the amount of pleasure experienced
in the moment or in the presence of something pleasurable
anticipatory pleasure - ANSWER refers to the amount of expected or anticipated
pleasure from future events or activities
deficit in anticipatory pleasure, but not consummatory pleasure - ANSWER in what
area of pleasure do people with schizophrenia experience? what area do they not
experience?
blunted affect - ANSWER negative symptom
refers to a lack of outward expression of emotion
may stare vacantly, muscles of the face motionless, eyes lifeless
may answer questions in a flat and toneless voice
refers only to the patients outward facial expression, not the patients inner
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