Cognitive explanation of Sz evaluation

RTS dysfunctional thought processing: Stirling et al compared 30 patients with schizophrenia with 18 non-patient controls on a range of cognitive tasks such as the Stroop Test. Schizophrenia patients took over twice as long to complete the task as the control group. This supports central control because Sz were unable to suppress automatic thoughts.

Soft determinism: it sees that individuals are controlled by their internal mental processes (metarepresentation & central control) However, it suggests that individuals have control over their behaviour which includes the role of free will. This is beneficial to individuals as they feel as if…