Psychological Explanations Of Scizophrenia - Cognitive Explanations

Question 1

What are the two psychological explanations for sz?

Answer 1

• family dysfunction
• cognitive explanation

Question 2

Define the cognitive exp of sz

Answer 2

• focuses on role of internal mental processes
• disruption to normal thought processing is what causes sz
• there are two dysfunctional thought processes that could trigger sz

Question 3

What are the two dysfunctional thought processes?

Answer 3

• metarepresentation
• central control

Question 4

What structure should you use when answering questions on psychological explanations?

Answer 4

Name
Explain
Feeling
Symptom

Question 5

Name one mental process of cognitive exp?

Answer 5

Metarepresentation

Question 6

What is metarepresentation?

Answer 6

• (N) meta representation is the cognitive ability to reflect on thoughts and bhv
• this allows us to understand our and others actions

Question 7

Explain what would happen if metarepresentation had a dysfunction?

Answer 7

• (E) a dysfunction would lead to a disruption in the ability to recognise actions and thoughts by ourselves and others

Question 8

How would this make a indv feel and what symptoms could it cause?

Answer 8

• (F) an indv could feel distressed
• (S) could cause auditory hallucinations as indv may not understand the voice in their head is their own, not someone elses

Question 9

Besides from metarepresentation, name another internal mental process from the cognitive exp

Answer 9

Central control

Question 10

What is central control?

Answer 10

• (N) central control is the ability to stop automatic responses whilst doing a deliberate action instead

Question 11

Explain what would happen if the central control had a dysfunction?

Answer 11

• (E) dysfunction in the central control could exp speech poverty and thought disorder
• as indv isnt able to stop automatic thoughts triggered by other thoughts/words spoken

Question 12

What result could a dysfunction in central control for an indv lead to?

Answer 12

-indv with sz experience disrupted spoken sentences, known as derailment.
- this is where indv speech is disrupted as the spoken words trigger other associations and the person cannot stop the action.

Question 13

What is the AO1 you have to write for the cog exp of sz?

Answer 13

what is metarepresentation, what it is the dysfunction + symptoms it can lead to?

what is central control, what it is the dysfunction + symptoms it can lead to?

Question 14

What is metarepresentation, what it is the dysfunction + symptoms it can lead to?
(AO1)

Answer 14

• cog ability to reflect on our own thoughts and bhvs, so we can und the difference bw our actions and others actions
• the dysfunction is being unable to recognise our own actions and thoughts from ourselves and others
• can lead to symptoms of auditory hallucinations, indv may not und that the voice in their head is their own and not someone elses

Question 15

What is central control, what it is the dysfunction + symptoms it can lead to?

Answer 15

• cog ability to suppress auto responses whilst doing a deliberate action instead
• the dysfunction is not being able to suppress auto thoughts and speech
• can lead to symptoms of disrupted spoken sentences, known as derailment