psychological explanations Flashcards
(14 cards)
family dysfunction
abnormal processes w/in a family such as poor communication and cold parenting. may be risk factors for dev and maintenance of schiz
Fromm-Reichmann
schizophrenogenic mother
Bateson
double-bind theory
expressed emotion
negative emotion
schizophrenogenic mother
cold, rejecting, controlling, creates environment of tension and secrecy
double-bind theory
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cognitive explanations
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dysfunctional thought processing
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Frith
identified two kinds of DTP
metarepresentation and central control
metarepresentation
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central control
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evaluate family dsyfunction
supp for FD as a risk factor
weak ev for family-based theory
evaluate cognitive explanations
strong ev for DTP
direction of causality
evaluate psychological theories
support for family dysfunction as a risk factor
weak evidence for family-based expl
strong ev for DTP
ev for biological factors not adequately considered
direction of causality