Psychological explanations of Schizophrenia

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1. What are the flaws of Cognitive explanations for schizophrenia?

  • It is factually known that the causes for schizophrenia are biological
  • Yellowlees study
  • Direction of causality is unclear and cognitive factors are commonly believed to be the result of biological factors
  • There is no research to support the cognitive approach
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2. In the cognitive approach, what is the catatonic state caused by?

  • An inability to get out of bed in the morning
  • An inability to deal with upsetting thought processes
  • An inability to filter out unnecessary sensory information
  • An inability to cope with deep psychological grief

3. Who came up with the cognitive approach to schizophrenia?

  • Bateson et all
  • Freud
  • Maher
  • Scheff

4. In the social and family relationships explanation of psychology, what are schizophrenogenic families?

  • Families where all members have schizophrenia
  • Families with over emotional mothers, ambivalent messages and competing siblings
  • Families with high emotional tension, cold mothers, ineffectual fathers
  • Sibling rivalry, hostile parents, tense atmosphere and stunted emotional growth

5. What is a flaw of the behaviourist approach to schizophrenia?

  • Does not explain why children grow horns with the disorder.
  • Makes schizophrenia seem more a personality trait than a mental illness.
  • Trivialises a complex psychological disorder
  • Is overly complicated
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