PSYC 235- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 39 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Actual auditory hallucinations vs convincing oneself of purpose through own individual thoughts. Meds are single most important thing not many behavioural therapies and other techniques do as much. Delusions: the fixed, false beliefs common in psychosis, examples; Grandiosity; feelings of having special powers, talents or abilities ect. Delusions often form when they are trying to figure out why everything is so important to them (too much dopamine makes irrelevant info seem important). Trying to make sense of things that don"t have reason. Cognitive biases result in forming explanations with too little evidence, and refusing to consider contrary evidence. Those with schizophrenia are much more likely to confirm their beliefs earlier, making faster decisions and ruling out other possibilities faster. This makes it harder to change ideas later. Often perceived, as an external source but is internal. Earlier on in 1930s found that patients were moving lips subtly when experiencing hallucinations therefore concluding that maybe the hallucinations are their own thoughts.
