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