Unit 8 MC
abnormally large and the thalamus is abnormally small
Among schizophrenia patients, the fluid-filled areas of the brain are
prenatal viral infections
Evidence suggests that ________ contribute(s) to schizophrenia.
presence; absence
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are the ________ of inappropriate behaviors, and negative symptoms are the ________ of appropriate behaviors.
there is a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia
Research on the causes of schizophrenia strongly suggests that
delusions
false beliefs of persecution that may accompany schizophrenia are called
schizophrenia
in which type of disorder is a person's speech likely to be so full of unrelated words and phrases that it could be characterized as a "word salad"?
an expressionless face
one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia is
hallucinations
one of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia includes
which group of severe disorders is characterized by disorganized thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
schizophrenia
dopamine
schizophrenia is associated with an excess of receptors for
seeing
the hallucinations experienced by those who suffer from schizophrenia are most likely to involve _ things that are not there
hearing voices
vigorous activity in the thalamus of schizophrenia patients has been found to be associated with