Psychological explanation (Cognition)

Question 1

Frith identified 2 kinds of dysfunctional though proccessing that could cause symptoms

Answer 1

Central Control
Meta-representation

Question 2

central control

Answer 2

ability to suppress autonomic responses while performing deliberate actions.
malfunction of it leads to disorgonised speech and thought bcs patient is unable to supress automatic thoughts and speech triggered by other thoughts.
resulting in word salad

Question 3

meta representation

Answer 3

cognitive abilty to reflect on thoughts and behaviour.
it gives an indiv insight into their own intentions and goals, as well as the ability to interpret the reactions of others

Question 4

disfunctional though process explains Hallucinations

Answer 4

ppl with schix have a higher expectancy for the occurance of a voice

it disrupts the ability to recognise own actions, own thought as own.
explaining +ive symptopms
they believe internal thought have their origins in the environment
believe that others have projected thoughts into thier mind

Question 5

disfunctional though process explains Delusions

Answer 5

this is due to Egocentric Bias
tendency to think all events are related to them, an individual is a key component to everything that’s happening around
Muffled voices are interpreted as real ppl talking about them - ppl walking down the street are following them, and flashes of light are signals from gods

Question 6

eval 1 top

Answer 6

strong evidence of disfunctional inf processing

Question 7

eval 1 point

Answer 7

Stirling 2006
30 schiz VS 18 control performed a range of cog. tasks
e.g. stroop test (ppts naming the ink color suppressing the desire to name the word)
patients took over twice as long to name ink as the control group

Question 8

eval 1 point

Answer 8

finding it harder to perform in a cog task support the cognitive explanation

Question 9

eval 2 top

Answer 9

claim that

Question 10

eval 2 point

Question 11

eval 2 tail