psychological explanations for schizophrenia

Question 1

what is family dysfunction

Answer 1

the idea that schizophrenia is developed as they’ve been raised in a dysfunctional family environment

Question 2

how is a family dysfunctional

Answer 2

communicate with each other with high levels of tension and arguments

Question 3

what does family dysfunction result in

Answer 3

creates risk factors that lead to development and Maintence of sz

Question 4

describe characteristics of a sz mother

Answer 4

cold controlling rejecting and emotionally unresponsive and builds a family climate with tension and secrecy

Question 5

what does a sz mother lead to

Answer 5

distrust and developing of paranoid delusions in sz

Question 6

what are fathers like in families with sz mothers

Answer 6

passive

Question 7

describe doubleblind communication

Answer 7

the parent communicates a verbal message that does not match theri non verbal message so child recieve mixed messages

Question 8

give an example of double blind communication

Answer 8

father is verbally loving but emotionally rejecting

Question 9

why does double blind communication lead to sz

Answer 9

child feels like they can not do anything right becoming increasinly anxious leading them to withdraw and avoid social contact- signs of avoilation and mixed mesaages result in paranoid delusions

Question 10

give examples of high levels of exspressed emotion

Answer 10

verbal critcism and occasional violence towards the patient
hostility towards the patient, including anger and rejection
emotional over-involvement in their life

Question 11

how does exspresed emotion cause schizophrina

Answer 11

causes stress in patient and constant harrasment from family can trigger onset sz

Question 12

what do cognitive explanations of sz focus on

Answer 12

internal mental processing

Question 13

sz is characterised by disruption to normal thought proccesing name the two kinds of dysfunctional thought proccesing

Answer 13

metarepresentation

central control

Question 14

what is metarepresentation

Answer 14

cognitive ability to reflect on thoughts and behaviour
allowing us to understand our actions and actions of others

Question 15

what would dysfunction to metrarepresentation lead to

Answer 15

distruption of our ability to recognise our own actions and thoughts as beiong carried out by ourselves or others

explaining auditory hallucinations as indvidual may not understand that a voice in their head is their own voice an dnot somebody elses

Question 16

describe cognitive control

Answer 16

the cognitive ability to suppress automatic responses whilst preforming a deliberate action instead

Question 17

how does dysfunction to centeral control explain speech poverty

Answer 17

indvidual is unable to suppress automatic thoughts and speech triggered by other thoughts