Ursula Has Just Been Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Sent to a Psychotherapist

question 228

Multiple Choice

Ursula has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and sent to a psychotherapist. Like Freud, this psychoanalytic thinker felt that Ursula developed schizophrenia as a result of

• A)overactivity of dopamine
• B)structural abnormalities in her brain
• C)a defect in her attentional filter
• D)wanting to retreat from unbearable stress and conflict in her life

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Definitions:

Sacred Entity

A sacred entity is anything considered to be holy, divine, or of religious importance, deserving veneration.

Preoperational Intuitive

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where children aged 2 to 7 years exhibit egocentric thinking and use symbols to represent the world.

Concrete Operational

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Permissive Parenting

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