PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Executive Functions, Psy, Social Class
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People with sz are believed to have abnormalities in the structure of the brain. Sz is known to be uncommom prior to adolescence. This suggests brain structure explanation as it suggests that there be more progressive deterioration of brain structures- Assume that cognitive behavior (like poor attention, language defects, disorganized thinking) play a role in development and maintenance of the disorder. Executive functions, memory, working memory, maintenance, manipulation, processing speed, motor speed, language etc. High degree of expressed emotion expressed emotion is when parents do not trust child to do anything, yet holds resentments against them. Contracting the disease leads to social and economic downward drift. Centered on the concept of expressed emotion (ee). Brown (1972), which showed patients with sz were four times likely to relapse if they returned to homes with high levels of ee. Ee is characterized by hostility, criticism and over involvement.
