Cog Expl TOUGHT PROCESSING

Question 1

Cognitive expl
tought processing
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Answer 1

-focus on internal mental process
-sz is characterised by disruption to normal tought processing
-Frith et al= identified 2. Kind of dysfunctional thought processing thay could trigger symptoms

Question 2

METAREPRESENTATION
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Answer 2

-individual with sz have dysfunction in mr= lack ability to recognise what are their own actions/thoughts nd what are due to external factors

-explain the symptom of auditory hallucinations (positive symptoms) individual not understand that voice in head is own voice nd not someone else. Causing distress in individual

• e.g believe that voice is telling u, your friends hate u is a diff person rather than urself

Question 3

CENTRAL CONTROL
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Answer 3

-individua with sz lack ability to suppress their own automatic thoughts nd speech.
-thoughts nd speech triggered by other thoughts which can lead to disordered thinking nd disorganised speech
- therefore sufferers with sz experience disrupted spoken sentences known as derailment
-words trigger other associations nd person cannot suppress their automatic responses to these

Question 4

strength AO3

Answer 4

P-cogn expl of sz praised for SOFT DETERMINISM
E-sz b caused by internal mental process e.g dysfunction in meta representation causing auditory hallucinations
E-however individuals with sz would arguably have some control over their dysfunctional thinking into more positive
L-therefore more appropriate

Question 5

AO3 limitation

Answer 5

P- an alternative explanation for sz is bio expl or family dysfunction
E-sugg that sz due to hyperdominergia where high level of dopamine in central area is brain associated with auditory hallucinations than dysfunction in thought processing
E-such as lack of meta representation
L-weakening the cognitive expl for sz not only explaination