Indiv Diff Exp Cognitive Explanation Of SZ

Question 1

Explain positive symptoms of SZ and give an example.

Answer 1

Faulty attention system that have deficits and biases which leads to unusual attention bias. Example would be someone that is paranoid or delusional.

Question 2

Give another explanation of SZ and another example.

Answer 2

They attempt to process to much information as they can’t filter it out.

They also can’t process external stimuli for example very disorganised thinking

Question 3

What does the breakdown of memory and schema processes, help identify.

Answer 3

Helps identify important information from our environment.
Internal thoughts aren’t processed so are heard “aloud”

Question 4

What would a negative view of one self lead to.

Answer 4

Leads to dysfunctional beliefs around performance and ability to feel pleasure.

Question 5

What are the 3 points of the Cognitive triad.

Answer 5

Negative view of the world
Negative view of self
Negative view of the future

Question 6

What would be a negative view of the future.

Answer 6

Cynical and gloomy view

Question 7

How does the computer analogy input- process- output work with people with SZ

Answer 7

In people with SZ the process part of input- process- output is faulty so therefore the output is faulty