Which of the Following Best Describes the Current View on Communication

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the current view on communication deviance?

• A)When severe,communication deviance within a family alone is sufficient to produce schizophrenia in a normal child.
• B)Communication deviance within a family plays little role in the development of schizophrenia.
• C)Deviant communication within a family has been found to predict pathology,but this relationship is not specific to schizophrenia.
• D)Communication deviance is a significant risk factor for schizophrenia and lowers the threshold of the stressor necessary to product a first psychotic break.

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Definitions:

Associations

Connections or relationships between thoughts, ideas, or concepts.

Unconscious

According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.

Serial Position Effect

A phenomenon in memory that suggests people tend to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.

Recall Best

The tendency to remember and bring to mind the most significant or vivid memories more easily than others.