A03

• What is one strength of cognitive explanations for schizophrenia?

  Evidence for dysfunctional thought processing
• What did John Stirling et al. (2006) compare in their study?

  Performance on cognitive tasks in schizophrenia
• How many participants were in each group in Stirling et al.'s study?

  30 participants in each group
• What task was used in Stirling et al.'s study?

  The Stroop task
• What does the Stroop task require participants to do?

  Name the font-colours of colour-words
• What was the result of Stirling et al.'s study regarding people with schizophrenia?

  They took over twice as long on average
• What does Frith et al.'s central control theory predict?

  People with schizophrenia have impaired cognitive processes
• What is a limitation of cognitive explanations for schizophrenia?

  They only explain proximal origins of symptoms
• What are proximal explanations in the context of schizophrenia?

  Explanations of current symptoms and processes
• What are distal explanations for schizophrenia?

  Explanations focusing on initial causes
• What are some possible distal explanations for schizophrenia?

  Genetic and family dysfunction explanations
• What is currently unclear in cognitive theories of schizophrenia?

  How genetic variation or trauma leads to symptoms
• What do cognitive theories provide regarding schizophrenia?

  Partial explanations for the condition