L7.2 - Cognitive Hemsley

Question 1

There’s a breakdown between what?

Answer 1

Stored long term memory (schemas) and new incoming information

Question 2

Why is LTM important

Answer 2

Ensures we respond to environmental stimuli

Need access to schemas to do so

Question 3

Why are schemas needed

Answer 3

Allow us to interpret current situations and work out how to respond and deal with them

Question 4

Cognitive processing breakdown means they can’t do what?

Answer 4

Can’t predict what will happen next as can’t access schemas

Question 5

Breakdown of cognitive processing means they end up doing what?

Answer 5

Ignore some environmental stimuli and concentrate on the insignificant

Question 6

2 things this can result in

Answer 6

Sensory overload

Disorganised, delusional thinking and behaviour

Question 7

What’s not activated and when

Answer 7

Schemas aren’t activated when encountering new situations

Question 8

+ related to stoop test

Answer 8

30 SZ vs 18 control
Completed stroop test, found SZ had central control dysfunction
Took twice as long to answer

Question 9

• related to cause and effect

Answer 9

Don’t know if disorganised thought processes cause SZ or other way around
Unclear

Question 10

• related to all patients

Answer 10

Not everyone has dysfunctional thought processes but still have SZ
Cognitive expl. may be limiting so can’t explain why people w/o have SZ