LS3 - Cognitive Explanations For SZ

Question 1

Cognitive Explanations

Answer 1

Focuses on the role of mental processes i.e. dysfunctional thought processing.

Question 2

Two Types Of Dysfunctional Thought Processing

Answer 2

Metarepresentation
Central Control

Question 3

Metarepresentation

Answer 3

The ability to reflect on thoughts and behaviours which gives us an insight into our own intentions and goals. Therefore dysfunction means we can’t recognise our own actions and thoughts as our own explaining auditory hallucinations

Question 4

Central Control

Answer 4

The ability to suppress responses while we perform other actions. Speech poverty/thought disorder could result from the inability to ignore your own automatic thoughts as well as what other could be saying to you.

Question 5

Cognitive Explanation Strengths

Answer 5

Strong Evidence
Success Of CBT

Question 6

Cognitive Explanation Strengths

Answer 6

Strong Evidence
Success Of CBT

Question 7

Cognitive Explanation Weaknesses

Answer 7

Cause And Effect
Doesn’t Account For Biological Factors

Question 8

Strong Evidence (+)

Answer 8

Stirling Et Al compared 30 patients with SZ with 18 random mans doing cognitive tasks e.g. stroke effect. Patients with SZ took twice as long to say the word suggesting dysfunctional thought processing is part of SZ.

Question 9

Stroop Effect

Answer 9

when the colour word is written in a different colour and you have to say the actual colour of the word.

Question 10

Success Of CBT (+)

Answer 10

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy combined with drug therapy questions and challenges hallucinations and delusions and has proven to be very effective.

Question 11

Cause And Effect (-)

Answer 11

It’s difficult to establish whether dysfunctional thought processing is a symptom or the cause of SZ.