Social-Skills Training for People with Schizophrenia

question 22

Multiple Choice

Social-skills training for people with schizophrenia

• A) has been very successful in reducing symptoms.
• B) tries to help people learn a trade so they can earn a living.
• C) tries to help people gain the skills they need for daily living outside the hospital.
• D) tries to help cure people of schizophrenia.

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed, leading to diminished motivation and learning.

External Locus

The belief that one's successes or failures result from external factors beyond their control, as opposed to internal factors like effort and decision-making.

Fate

A predetermined course of events often considered to be beyond human control.

Sensation Seeking

A personality trait characterized by the search for experiences and feelings that are varied, novel, complex, and intense, and by the readiness to take physical, social, legal, and financial risks for the sake of such experiences.