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Psychology: Schizophrenia (AQA)

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Schizophrenia Disrupts the Mind's Ability to Function
What is schizophrenia,
What characterises schizophrenia,
Schizophrenia can come on
13  cards
Clinical Characteristics: Perceptual Symptoms
Auditory hallucinations,
When people with schizophrenia ge...,
What type of hallucination is the...
4  cards
Clinical Characteristics: Social Symptoms
What is social withdrawal,
What may schizophrenics do during...,
What does aloof mean
3  cards
Clinical Characteristics: Cognitive Symptoms
What are delusions,
Delusions of grandeur,
Paranoia persecution
13  cards
Clinical Characteristics: Affective/Emotional Symptoms
Avolition,
Lack of interest in,
Lack of emotion emotional blunting
4  cards
Clinical Characteristics: Behavioural Symptoms
Stereotyped behaviours,
Psychomotor disturbance,
Catatonia
6  cards
Positive Symptoms
What are positive symptoms,
What are the four main positive s...,
Hallucinations
6  cards
Negative Symptoms
What are negative symptoms,
Negative symptoms include,
Speech poverty
6  cards
DSM Classification of Mental Disorders
What is the dsm,
What does it contain,
It aims to give a diagnosis of me...
6  cards
Reliability
What is reliability,
What has to be in place for the c...,
What does this mean
19  cards
Validity
What is validity,
Descriptive validity,
Aetiological validity
14  cards
Comorbidity
Comorbidity can cause problems in,
What does comorbidity mean,
One example of comorbidity
5  cards
Biological Factors: Genetic Factors
What happens if you are genetical...,
What do studies look at,
What kind of studies are used
16  cards
Biological Factors: Biochemical Factors
What have post mortems and pet sc...,
What did the discovery of schizop...,
The dopamine hypothesis
6  cards
Biological Factors: Neurological Factors
What could explain schizophrenia,
Evidence for,
What did johnstone et al 1976 do
9  cards
Biological Factors: Evolutionary Explanation
Evolutionary explanation suggests...,
If there is an evolutionary advan...,
What is one evolutionary idea
5  cards
Psychological Factors: Family Disfunction
Possible idea for the cause of sc...,
Whats the family dysfunction theory,
Whats a schizophrenogenic mother
13  cards
Psychological Factors: Cognitive Explanations
What do cognitive psychologists a...,
What does dysfunctional though pr...,
Studies for cognitive explanations
8  cards
Psychological Factors: Socio-cultural Factors
What does the social causation hy...,
What factors are important in the...,
Why are these factors important
8  cards
Diathesis-Stress Model
Why has the biological approach t...,
How does it attempt to explain sc...,
What approach does the opposite
5  cards
Schizophrenia being treated by Biological Therapy
What does the biological approach...,
What is treatment based off,
What is the dopamine hypothesis
26  cards
Schizophrenia being treated by Psychological Therapy: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
What is cbt based on,
What are one of the main techniqu...,
Cognitive restructuring can occur by
27  cards
Schizophrenia being treated by Psychological Therapy: Family Therapy
Family therapy has developed over...,
What is it based on,
What is the aim of family therapy
11  cards
Token Economies
Behavioural treatments for schizo...,
What is operant conditioning,
Token economies can help encourage
14  cards
Interactionist Approach
What is the interactionist approach,
What is the interactionist approa...,
What does it say treatment should...
8  cards
Study Names and Dates
0  cards

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