P5- (S) Strong Supoort For CE

Question 1

There is strong support for the cognitive explanation of SZ. What did Stirling et al (2006) compare?

Answer 1

There is strong support for the cognitive explanation of SZ. Stirling et al (2006) compared 30 patients with a diagnosis of SZ to 18 non-patients as a control. Pps were tested on cognitive tasks such as the stroop test, in which pps had to name the ink colour of colour words, suppressing the impulse to read the word.

Question 2

In line with Friths theory of central control dysfunction, what did patients take twice as long to do?

Answer 2

In line with Frith’s theory of central control dysfunction, patients took over twice as long to name the ink colours as the control group. This supports the view that the cognitive processes of people with schizophrenia are impaired, particularly in central control.