Evaluation

• What is the supporting evidence?

  Barch et al (1999)
• What occurred in this study?

  Used a Stroop Test to test people with and without scz.
• What were the results?

  Those with scz were slower and made made more mistakes.
• What does this show?

  Supports Attention Deficit Theory as it shows they can’t filter information effectively.
• What type of reductionism is this?

  Mechanic reductionism and it limits and to the mechanics of the mind.
• Why is this reductionist?


  It doesn’t explain all the symptoms of scz as the negative symptoms are not effectively explained.
• Why is this an incomplete explanation?

  Cognitive theories explains the proximal causes of scz (current causes) but not the distal causes (origins of the condition).
• What does this sugges?

  Caution should be applied when it’s discussed if cognition is the sole cause of scz.
• What is the Method of Modification.

  CBT.
• How can CBT help schizophrenia.

  It helps consider and organise disordered thoughts in a rational way.
• How do people react to voices?

  They’ll learn to live with them so CBT helps them educate individuals with scz about management.
• How can CBT also help?

  Challenging patients‘ interpretation of events by asking them for giving evidence for their beliefs.
• What supports the approach?

  The success of the treatment.
• What does NICE stand for?

  National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
• What is NICE?

  Governmental body that supplies guidance for health care professionals.