faulty- difficulty explaining why they are doing something
speech derailment- automatic thoughts being said outlaid causing incoherent, irrelevant speech
Weakness
Cognitive problems increased by dopamine function rather then faulty information processing
Don’t exclusively explain the cause of schizophrenia need to look into other
problems with meta-representation
results in delusions as someone with schizophrenia may feel someone else is in control of their thoughts and actions
strengths
Firth- PET scans of patients with schizophrenia and found that they had reduced blood flow in the frontal cortex resulting in the inability to suppress automatic thoughts
Striling- Stroop test ink colours in different colour- control group and schizphrenia group found they took twice as long suggesting problems with thought processes
