Which of the Following Statements Is True About Schizophrenia

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about schizophrenia?

• A) People throughout the world suffer from schizophrenia.
• B) The symptoms associated with schizophrenia are the same across cultures.
• C) Schizophrenia is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.
• D) People with schizophrenia have enlarged hippocampi.

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Definitions:

Pathological Fear

An excessive and irrational fear response to a specific situation, object, or activity, which can lead to avoidance behavior and impacts daily functioning.

Allergic Reaction

A biological response where the immune system reacts to substances in the environment that are normally harmless.

Higher-order Conditioning

A learning process where a stimulus that previously had no relation to a reflex response becomes associated with a conditioned stimulus to elicit that response.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred or information that was learned before an injury or the onset of a disease.