Evidence for the Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis Includes the Fact That Young

question 35

Multiple Choice

Evidence for the neurodevelopmental hypothesis includes the fact that young children who eventually develop schizophrenia:

• A)report hallucinations as early as four years of age.
• B)show unusual motor patterns such as jerky,repeated movements.
• C)lapse into periods of catatoniA
• D)had the flu during preschool.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The process of growth and change in intellectual capabilities such as thinking, reasoning, and understanding over the course of a human life.

Experiment

A carefully regulated procedure in which the researcher manipulates one or more variables that are believed to influence some other variable.

Nativist Approaches

Theories suggesting that much of human knowledge and capacity is innate and genetically programmed, emphasizing the role of biology in development.

Cognitive Development

The process by which individuals acquire and develop thinking skills, from perceiving and learning to speaking and reasoning, throughout the lifespan.