Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Grey Matter, Executive Functions, Dementia Praecox

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Ch 10: schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. Characterized by unusual thinking, distorted perceptions, and odd behaviors. Some of the psychotic disorders are serious and chronic, while others are temporary states of confusion. Psychosis a severe mental condition characterized by a loss of contact with reality. Takes the form of a or both: delusion a false belief, hallucination a false sensory perception. Psychotic experiences such as delusional thinking and hallucinations may also occur in people with physical illnesses. A severe psychological disorder characterized by disorganization in thought, perception, and behavior. Emil kraepelin he saw schizophrenia has dementia praecox. Dementia pervasive disturbances of perceptual and cognitive faculties. Schizophrenia is not similar to did (identity disorder) Bleuker focused on four core symptoms of the disorder: ambivalence, disturbances of affect, disturbance of association, and preference for fantasy over reality. Group of symptoms including unusual thoughts, feelings and behaviors absent in healthy people.