Exam 4 - 3/21 Flashcards
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Serotonin-
62% of criminals conducting violent crimes (in 14 different countries) used _________ shortly before or during the _________
- alcohol
- crime
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Alcohol may only increase aggression in offenders who had _________ serotonin levels
low
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Antidepressants that _________ serotonin in the synapse _________ hostility and aggression
- increase
- reduce
Monkeys with high _________ are aggressive (dominance)
testosterone
Monkey with low _________ levels impulsive and more violent
serotonin
50% of variation in aggression is due to _________
genes
High scores on aggression linked to variant of a _________ that is involved in the production of _________
- gene
- serotonin
Genes that control three serotonin receptor subtypes may be involved in _________ aggression
-impulsive
_________ twins have more similar violent and criminal behavior than _________ twins
- Identical
- fraternal
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Inadequate parenting doubled the rate of _________ by both men and women
violent crimes
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Individuals who were psychologically or socially _________ during childhood were more likely to _________
- deprived
- murder
_________ (split mind/split from reality)
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a _________ (severe disturbances of reality and thinking)
psychosis
Schizophrenia is a psychosis (severe disturbances of _________ and _________ )
- reality
- thinking
_________-
Characterized by perceptual, emotional, and intellectual deficits, loss of contact with reality, and inability to function in life
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia-
-Characterized by perceptual, emotional, and _________ deficits, loss of contact with _________, and inability to function in _________
- intellectual
- reality
- life
Schizophrenia-
Very disabling – results in _________ behavior
bizarre
Schizophrenia-
_________ (often auditory – hearing voices), delusions (false beliefs), paranoia and delusions of persecution, _________ thought, inappropriate emotions, social withdrawal
- Hallucinations
- disordered
Schizophrenia-
Hallucinations (often auditory – hearing voices), _________ (false beliefs), paranoia and delusions of _________ , disordered thought, inappropriate emotions, social – -
- delusions
- persecution
- withdrawal
_________ million in US will develop schizophrenia during their lifetime (____of population)
- Three
- 1%
Schizophrenia-
Accounts for almost _________ of the cost of all psychological disorders
half
Schizophrenia-
Two major categories of symptoms, _________ and _________
- positive
- negative
Schizophrenia-
_________ symptoms are exaggerated behaviors such as delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, and bizarre behaviors
Positive
Schizophrenia-
Positive symptoms are exaggerated behaviors such as _________, hallucinations, thought _________, and bizarre behaviors
- delusions
- disorders
Schizophrenia-
_________ symptoms are characterized by a lack of, or decrease, in normal behaviors such as affect, pleasure, motivation, poverty of speech, impaired attention
Negative
Schizophrenia-
Negative symptoms are characterized by a _________ of, or decrease, in normal behaviors such as affect, _________, motivation, poverty of speech, impaired attention
- lack
- pleasure
Schizophrenia-
Negative symptoms are characterized by a lack of, or decrease, in _________ behaviors such as _________, pleasure, motivation, poverty of speech, impaired – -
- normal
- affect
- attention
Schizophrenia-
_________ symptoms are often acute and respond to antipsychotic drugs
Positive
Schizophrenia-
Positive symptoms are often acute and respond to _________ drugs
-antipsychotic
Schizophrenia-
_________ symptoms are often long-term and are associated with greater cognitive deficits, reduction in brain tissue, and a poorer prognosis
-Negative
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Schizophrenia-
Negative symptoms are often long-term and are associated with greater _________ deficits, reduction in brain tissue, and a poorer _________
- cognitive
- prognosis
