Psychological Explanations Flashcards
1
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What are the 2 psychological explanations for schizophrenia?
A
- Family dysfunction explanations of schizophrenia
- Cognitive explanations
2
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What is the family dysfunction explanation?
A
The idea that the problems within a family contribute to onset and relapse of schizophrenia.
3
Q
Explain the schizophrenogenic mother and who proposed it.
A
Fromm-Reichmann proposed that schizophrenia comes from being reared by a cold and dominant mother who is both overprotective and rejecting. She uses the child to satisfy her own emotional needs
4
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Explain the double-blind hypothesis and who proposed it.
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Bateson proposed the double-blind hypothesis which suggested that schizophrenia is a reaction to a pathological parent presenting the child with a no win situation which is created by contradictory communication between tone of voice and content.
