PSY 350 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
This is an umbrella term for a group of psychotic disorders involving disturbances of
behavior, thinking, emotions, and perception - Answers - schizophrenia
The typical onset of schizophrenia is during... - Answers - late adolescence
About what percent of the population does schizophrenia affect? - Answers - 1%
How do the rates of schizophrenia vary by SES? - Answers - 1.9% for lower and 0.4%
for upper
Who does schizophrenia affect more, men or women? - Answers - men
Schizophrenia affects men ______________ than women - Answers - earlier
Schizophrenia tends to be _________ severe in women - Answers - less
Describe the onset of schizophrenia - Answers - onset may be gradual or may be
sudden
A gradual onset of schizophrenia includes a _________________ phase of decreasing
social engagement - Answers - prodromal
After acute episodes of schizophrenia, a person may return to a __________________
phase of behavior similar to that of the prodromal - Answers - residual
Who pointed the term "Dementia Praecox" - Answers - Emil Kraeplin
What is dementia praecox? - Answers - it is a loss of inner unity of thought, feeling, and
acting; believed to be due to a "body-level problem" (biological cause)
What term did Emil Kraeplin come up with? - Answers - dementia praecox
Who coined the term schizophrenia? - Answers - Eugen Bleuler
Schizophrenia means... - Answers - split brain
What is the split referring to in schizophrenia? - Answers - the split is between aspects
of personality, not split into different personalities
What are the symptomology of the four A's in regards to schizophrenia? - Answers - -
disconnected ASSOCIATIONS
- flat or inappropriate AFFECT
, - AMBIVALENCE toward others
- AUTISM living in a private fantasy world
Who thought that Bleuler's grouping (4 a's) was too vague - Answers - Kurt Schneider
Who came up with the First-rank symptoms and Second-rank symptoms - Answers -
Kurt Schneider
What are symptoms that are central/essential to diagnosis - Answers - first rank
symptoms
Hallucinations and delusions are examples of what rank symptoms of schizophrenia? -
Answers - first-rank
What are symptoms that are found in schizophrenia but also in other disorders? -
Answers - second-rank symptoms
Disturbances in mood is an example of what rank symptoms? - Answers - second-rank
Delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech are characteristic symptoms of
_________________________ - Answers - schizophrenia
The presence of sometime abnormal is also known as - Answers - positive symptoms
The absence of normal behavior is also known as - Answers - negative symptoms
What are delusions - Answers - false beliefs
"the CIA is out to get me" is an example of... - Answers - delusions of persecution
Seeing patterns in things when it is really just randomness is an example of... - Answers
- delusions of reference
Claiming that an exterior force is controlling you is an example of... - Answers -
delusions of being controlled
Believing that you are of great importance is an example of... - Answers - delusions of
grandeur
Delusions may reflect themes/values of ... - Answers - local culture
What country has a higher prevalence of delusions of sainthood? - Answers - Ireland
What country has a higher prevalence of delusions of slander and public humiliation? -
Answers - Japan
This is an umbrella term for a group of psychotic disorders involving disturbances of
behavior, thinking, emotions, and perception - Answers - schizophrenia
The typical onset of schizophrenia is during... - Answers - late adolescence
About what percent of the population does schizophrenia affect? - Answers - 1%
How do the rates of schizophrenia vary by SES? - Answers - 1.9% for lower and 0.4%
for upper
Who does schizophrenia affect more, men or women? - Answers - men
Schizophrenia affects men ______________ than women - Answers - earlier
Schizophrenia tends to be _________ severe in women - Answers - less
Describe the onset of schizophrenia - Answers - onset may be gradual or may be
sudden
A gradual onset of schizophrenia includes a _________________ phase of decreasing
social engagement - Answers - prodromal
After acute episodes of schizophrenia, a person may return to a __________________
phase of behavior similar to that of the prodromal - Answers - residual
Who pointed the term "Dementia Praecox" - Answers - Emil Kraeplin
What is dementia praecox? - Answers - it is a loss of inner unity of thought, feeling, and
acting; believed to be due to a "body-level problem" (biological cause)
What term did Emil Kraeplin come up with? - Answers - dementia praecox
Who coined the term schizophrenia? - Answers - Eugen Bleuler
Schizophrenia means... - Answers - split brain
What is the split referring to in schizophrenia? - Answers - the split is between aspects
of personality, not split into different personalities
What are the symptomology of the four A's in regards to schizophrenia? - Answers - -
disconnected ASSOCIATIONS
- flat or inappropriate AFFECT
, - AMBIVALENCE toward others
- AUTISM living in a private fantasy world
Who thought that Bleuler's grouping (4 a's) was too vague - Answers - Kurt Schneider
Who came up with the First-rank symptoms and Second-rank symptoms - Answers -
Kurt Schneider
What are symptoms that are central/essential to diagnosis - Answers - first rank
symptoms
Hallucinations and delusions are examples of what rank symptoms of schizophrenia? -
Answers - first-rank
What are symptoms that are found in schizophrenia but also in other disorders? -
Answers - second-rank symptoms
Disturbances in mood is an example of what rank symptoms? - Answers - second-rank
Delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech are characteristic symptoms of
_________________________ - Answers - schizophrenia
The presence of sometime abnormal is also known as - Answers - positive symptoms
The absence of normal behavior is also known as - Answers - negative symptoms
What are delusions - Answers - false beliefs
"the CIA is out to get me" is an example of... - Answers - delusions of persecution
Seeing patterns in things when it is really just randomness is an example of... - Answers
- delusions of reference
Claiming that an exterior force is controlling you is an example of... - Answers -
delusions of being controlled
Believing that you are of great importance is an example of... - Answers - delusions of
grandeur
Delusions may reflect themes/values of ... - Answers - local culture
What country has a higher prevalence of delusions of sainthood? - Answers - Ireland
What country has a higher prevalence of delusions of slander and public humiliation? -
Answers - Japan
