Cognitive explanation of schizophrenia
- Created on: 03-06-16 13:13
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- Cognitive explanation of schizophrenia
- Assumption
- Schiz. can be explained via thought processes and making sense of them
- E.g. auditory loop damage = hearing voices. Don't recognise their thoughts as their own
- Schiz. can be explained via thought processes and making sense of them
- Failure of attentional filters
- Lessen number of stimuli that is irrelevant to us
- Without it, world would be noisy and chaotic like it is for schizophrenics
- Schizophrenics fail to block out things that are irrelevant to them due to failure of these filters
- Without it, world would be noisy and chaotic like it is for schizophrenics
- Lessen number of stimuli that is irrelevant to us
- Context
- Frith: schiz. caused by failure to understand the context of a situation
- Caused by under activity in the frontal lobes
- Fail to understand beliefs/intentions of others = paranoia
- Summerfelt - paying schizophrenics led to them completing card sorting task quicker as it had context and meaning
- Fail to understand beliefs/intentions of others = paranoia
- Caused by under activity in the frontal lobes
- Hemsley
- Don't use schemas properly
- Don't have this shortcut on how to behave
- Makes new situations difficult to understand
- Don't have this shortcut on how to behave
- Don't use schemas properly
- Frith: schiz. caused by failure to understand the context of a situation
- Logic
- Try to find an explanation for thought/ voice - wrong conclusion
- Illogical to us but logical to them
- Try to find an explanation for thought/ voice - wrong conclusion
- Maher
- Schiz. look for an explanation for thoughts - wrong conclusion
- Logic applied - further incorrect conclusions created
- Patient settles on this as it's better to have answers about where the thought came from
- Believe they are worthy because they hear these voices
- Differences in thinking
- Believe they are worthy because they hear these voices
- Patient settles on this as it's better to have answers about where the thought came from
- Logic applied - further incorrect conclusions created
- Schiz. look for an explanation for thoughts - wrong conclusion
- Assumption
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