Non biological Explanation Of Schizoprenia

Question 1

4 key points

Answer 1

Friths self awareness
Friths meta representation
Friths central control
Helmsley

Question 2

Friths self awareness

Answer 2

Increases self awareness
Struggle to filter unnecessary cognitive noise
Can’t ignore conscious thoughts

Symptoms eg hallucinations and disordered thinking

Question 3

Friths meta representation

Answer 3

Misatribute thoughts as external noise

Symptoms eg delusions

Question 4

Friths central control

Answer 4

Inability to generate willed action
Inability to monitor willed action
Inability to monitor thoughts and intentions of others

Symptoms eg social withdrawl and disordered thinking

Question 5

Helmsley

Answer 5

Breakdown between new info and previously stored info
Schema is not activated
Causing cencory overload

Symptoms eg social withdrawl

Question 6

Strengths

Answer 6

Helps develop CBT as we know to change the misatributed thoughts

Mcguigan - found that vocal centres activate immediately before hallucinations showing that it may be misatributing own thoughts
OTOH cause and effect

Question 7

Weaknesses

Answer 7

Reductionist
OTOH recognises how NTs impact SZ

Not empirical