psychological expalinations of schizophrenia

Question 1

what is family dysfunction?

Answer 1

unhealthy family environment

Question 2

what is double bind theory?

Answer 2

• growing up kids want to do the right thing but can’t due to mixed messages
• punished for wrong thing despite unclear messages
• confused about the world and doubt their judgement

Question 3

what does double bind theory lead to?

Answer 3

disorganised thinking and delusions

Question 4

who came up with double bind theory?

Answer 4

bateson

Question 5

whaat is expressed emotion?

Answer 5

the amount of negative emotion expressed towards another family member can cause schizophrenia

Question 6

what 3 things can high expressed emotion lead to?

Answer 6

• high verbal critism (sometimes with violence)
• high hostility (anger and rejection)
• high emotional over involvement (needless self sacrifice)

Question 7

what does expressed emotion lead to?

Answer 7

• unhealthy environment
• stress is intorelerable
• triggers Sz or relapse

Question 8

what is schizophrenogenic mother?

Answer 8

• negative interactions with mother can cause schizophrenia
• cold, rejecting, domineering, and guilt producing mother
• passive father

Question 9

what does schizophernogenic mother lead to?

Answer 9

leads to delusions and schizophrenia

Question 10

strength of family dysfunction as a explaination of Sz (link)

Answer 10

• family dysfunction includes insecure attachment and exposed to trauma
• READ found adults with Sz are more likely to have insecure attachment
• 69% of women had been abused and 59% of men had been abused

Question 11

limitation of family dysfunction as an explaination for Sz (evidence base)

Answer 11

Sz mom and double bind theory are based on clinical observations
- question validity

Question 12

who came up with. the cognitive explaination for Sz?

Answer 12

frith

Question 13

what is meta representation?

Answer 13

• ability to reflect on thoughts and behaviour
• dysfunction leads to inability to recognise your own actions and thoughts
• hallucinations and delusions

Question 14

what is central control dysfunction?

Answer 14

can’t suppress automatic thoughts

Question 15

strength of cognitive explaination as an explaination of Sz ( research - stirling)

Answer 15

• compared 30 Sz patients to control while doing cognitive task
• say colour of word but nit what word said
• Sz took longer to complete

Question 16

limitation of cognitive explaination to explain Sz ( not cause)

Answer 16

• can explain symptoms but not the cause
• cognitive deficits explain some symptoms so partial explaination
• genetic and family dysfunction aswell