Exam 13: Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

1-69.What are endophenotypes?

What is catatonia? Is catatonia a positive or negative symptom? Explain your answer.

1-50.Studies of the offspring of nonschizophrenic co-twins from discordant twin pairs suggest that

When Bleuler coined the term "schizophrenia," the kind of split he believed was central to the disorder was

1-22.Which of the following is an example of a negative symptom?

1-65.Enlarged brain ventricles

1-56.Adopted children who were high risk for schizophrenia,who were raised in healthy families,

1-46."Familial" does not mean the same thing as "genetic" because

1-55.Studies of adopted children who were at high-risk for developing schizophrenia found that which of the following appeared to increase the likelihood that these children would show high levels of thought disorders?

1-72.Ursula has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.If PET scans were done to measure her brain's activity,which area would probably be underactive?

1-64.Based on current research,which statement is most justified?

______________are sensory experiences that seem true to the individual,but are not in the external world.

1-63.The fact that a significant number of monozygotic twins share the same placenta,while no dizygotic twins do,suggests that

1-54.Communication deviance

1-39.Harold and Tanya both have a wide range of schizophrenic symptoms.Harold's symptoms have lasted for eight months; Tanya's have lasted only eight weeks.According to the DSM-5,their diagnoses should be

1-90.One-on-one psychotherapy for people with schizophrenia

1-77.Studies on neurocognition have found that people with schizophrenia

1-88.Which type of training has an emphasis on helping patients deal with their neurocognitive deficits?

1-21.Which of the following is an example of a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

1-20."My father and I swiggered to the beach yesterday." This is an example of a