PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Confidence Trick, Childhood Obesity, Cerebral Cortex
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Schizophrenia: what it is not: schizophrenia is not multiple personalities, many people believe it is a jekyll & hyde switch. Something that is real but then it begins to change and take the form of something else: inappropriate emotions and actions. Lack of emotional response: disorganized thinking. Similar to what wernicke"s aphasia sounds like. May be due to a breakdown in selective attention: positive symptoms: The presence of inappropriate behaviors: negative symptoms: Onset & development: schizophrenia affects nearly %1 of the world"s population. 60% of those affected are male: chronic vs. acute schizophrenia. Develops continually and very unlikely for recovery. Men: typically appears in late teens or early twenties. Women: typically appears in late teens or early twenties. Technically a temporary development and recovery is more likely. Can happen at any point: there is strong genetic component. 9: nurture (environment) does play a role. The brain: brain appears smaller with enlarged ventricles, certain individual structures appear smaller.
