cognitive explanations

• What is a cognitive explanation for schizophrenia?

  Dysfunctional thinking disrupts normal processing
• What is metarepresentation dysfunction?

  Inability to recognize own thoughts and actions
• What does central control dysfunction refer to?

  Issues suppressing automatic responses
• What did the Stroop test reveal about people with schizophrenia?

  They took twice as long to complete it
• What is a limitation of the cognitive explanation for schizophrenia?

  It cannot explain the origins of the disorder
• What do cognitive deficits focus on in psychological explanations?

  Faulty cognitive processes underlying symptoms
• What do family dysfunction models suggest?

  Environmental factors contribute to relapse
• What does Bateson et al.'s double-bind theory suggest?

  Contradictory communication fosters disorganised thinking
• What empirical support exists for cognitive models?

  Stirling et al. found impairments in central control
• What do cognitive deficits in schizophrenia potentially represent?

  Effects rather than causes of the disorder
• What do high expressed emotion environments contribute to?

  Relapse rates in schizophrenia patients
• What relapse rates did Vaughn and Leff (1976) report?

  51% in high-EE families, 13% in low-EE
• What does high expressed emotion not explain?

  The origin of schizophrenia
• What is a criticism of the double-bind theory?

  Lack of empirical support and ethical concerns
• What are cognitive deficits in schizophrenia according to Frith?

  Understanding thoughts and intentions of self and others
• What does Frith's theory suggest about automatic thoughts?

  Suppressing automatic thoughts underlies certain symptoms
• What environmental factors contribute to relapse in schizophrenia?

  High levels of expressed emotion
• What does Bateson's double bind theory suggest?

  Contradictory communication in childhood leads to disorganized thinking
• What did Frith's research support regarding cognitive deficits?

  Individuals with SCZ showed significant central control deficits
• What is the relapse rate in high EE families according to Leff & Vaughn?

  51% relapse rate in high EE families
• What does high EE contribute to in schizophrenia?

  Relapse and environmental stressors
• What are the ethical concerns regarding family dysfunction explanations?

  Blaming patients for child's mental illness is sensitive