Which of the Following Statements Is True About the Gender

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about the gender differences in disorganized thought and speech symptoms of schizophrenia?

• A)Women with schizophrenia tend to show more severe deficits in language than do men with schizophrenia.
• B)Brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia may not affect women's language and thought as much as they do men's because women can use both sides of their brain to compensate for problems.
• C)Compared to women, language deficits are less apparent in men with schizophrenia owing to the fact that language is controlled more bilaterally in men.
• D)Language is more localized in men, so when the areas of the brain associated with language are affected by schizophrenia, men are better able to compensate for the deficits than women.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of non-exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of time without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

The process of acquiring knowledge by associating a naturally existing stimulus with one from the environment.