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Question 1

familial high-risk

Answer 1

study begins with one or two biological parents with schizophrenia and follows their offspring longitudinally in order to identify how many may develop schizophrenia

Question 2

prefrontal cortex

Answer 2

gene called COMT; deficits in executive functions(working memory, planning, and problem solving)

Question 3

dopamine theory

Answer 3

schiz is related to excess activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine based off the knowledge that drugs effective in treating schiz reduce dopamine activity

Question 4

sociogenic hypothesis

Answer 4

stressors associated with SES and urban living may contribute to the development of schiz

Question 5

social selection hypothesis

Answer 5

people with schiz drift into poor neighborhoods b/c their illness impairs their earning power and they cannot afford to live elsewhere

Question 6

expressed emotion

Answer 6

critical comments, hostility and emotional overinvolvement

Question 7

clinical high risk study

Answer 7

identify people with early attenuated signs of schiz