PSYC 207 Study Guide - Final Guide: Major Depressive Disorder, Frontal Lobe, Dysthymia

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Positive symptoms: (is there but it should not be, excess) Delusions and hallucinations: bizarre irrational thinking; very real to a person with schizophrenia but not to normal people. Experience things in the environment thats not really there. Hear things as well; more common than see things. Often the things they see or hear its something bad. Disorganized speech: communicate with them its hard because they always change topics. Disorganized behavior: do things that are inappropriate socially. Negative symptoms: like depressions (things should be present that are absent) Hedonic: if i am hedonic i am seeking pleasure things, but people that are anhedonic they dont. Have problems with frontal lobe; ex: working memory. Disorgnaized type: have trouble focusing on goals and carrying them out. Undifferentiated type: people with schizophrenia but dont fit into any subtype above. Combination the genetic predisposition and amount of stress. Less dopamine but cannot have too low because it will be like parkinson"s disease.

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