According to One of the Cognitive Perspectives, Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

question 58

Multiple Choice

According to one of the cognitive perspectives, negative symptoms of schizophrenia arise from:

• A) a hypersensitivity to perceptual input.
• B) a tendency to attribute experiences to external sources.
• C) the need to withdraw and conserve scarce cognitive resources.
• D) expectations that social interactions do not matter.

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Definitions:

Anxiety Disorders

Mental health disorders characterized by significant and persistent fear, worry, or anxiety that interferes with daily activities.

Dissociative Amnesia

A sudden loss of memory for important personal information that is too extensive to be due to normal forgetting.

Conversion Disorder

A mental condition where psychological stress is expressed as physical symptoms, without an apparent physical cause, previously known as hysteria.

Bipolar Disorder

A mental health disorder marked by extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).