Schizophrenia

1. The positive symptoms of schizophrenia are thought to results from an over activity of_______ neurons of the ________.

Cholinergic; basal forebrain

NPY; hypothalamus

Dopaminergic, ventral tegmental area

Noradrenergic; nucleus accumbens

Serotonergic; raphe nucleus

2. Delusions...

Are beliefs that are contrary to fact

Indicate the presence of depression

Are perceptions that occur without the presence of a stimuli

Are linked to brain damage

Are common negative symptoms of of schizophrenia

3. The positive symptoms of schizophrenia may be caused by

Poor parenting

A single recessive gene

Excessive activity in dopamine circuits in the brain

A degenerative disorder of the brain

An imbalance of norepinephrine and serotonin in the brain

4. Schizophrenic hallucinations are most likely to involve the ______ system.

Tactile

Visual

Kinesthetic

Auditory

Olfactory

5. The likelihood that a child born to two schizophrenic parents will be schizophrenic is less than 50%. This suggests that

Schizophrenia is not produced by a single gene

Schizophrenic parents rarely marry

Schizophrenia is a metabolic disorder

Schizophrenia is produced by a single, dominant gene

Schizophrenia is associated with infertility

6. Children who develop schizophrenia later in life are more likely to show _______ in home movies recorded during childhood.

More sociability

Euphoria

Less sociability

Less overall activity

Symmetrical facial features

7. Which of the following supports the contention that schizophrenia is associated with brain damage?

The size of the lateral ventricles decreases in schizophrenics

The size of the lateral ventricles increases in schizophrenics

The neurological symptoms noted in schizophrenia are unique to the disorder

Older people, who have already lost a substantial number of neurons, are more likely to develop schizophrenia than younger people.

8. Which of the following is NOT true of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder

The term means "split mind"

The incidence of schizophrenia is about 1% of the world population

The term means "split personality"

Schizophrenia had been recognized as a disorder for thousands of years.

9. All of the following are positive symptoms of schizophrenia EXCEPT

Though disorder

Auditory hallucinations

Social withdrawal

Visual hallucinations

Difficulty in communicating via language

10. The negative symptoms of schizophrenia may be related to

Having an older father

Excessive birth weight

Brain damage

A "schizophrenia gene"

Overactivity of dopaminergic neurons

11. Which of the following is true of the seasonality effect?

Schizophrenia is more likely to occur for a person born in June, July, August

The seasonality effect is lower in rural settings than in urban settings

The seasonality effect is mostly due to indoor smoking by the mother during the winter

The seasonality effect is enhanced when fall temperatures are higher than normal

All of the above