PSY-1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter Module 50: Schizophrenia, Auditory Hallucination, Frontal Lobe
2 Dec 2016
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Hallucinations: perceiving stimuli that are not very present: delusions of grandeur, convinced they have special powers, believing they can control other people"s thoughts, grandeur. Delusions: perceiving things that do not match reality: false beliefs that are not subject to contradictory evidence. Disorganized behavior: repetitive, purposeless actions that do not fit the situation. Disorganized incoherent speech: speech that doesn"t make any sense. Paranoid: delusions and hallucinations, can believe others control their thoughts and behavior. One of most severe disorders where people exhibit disturbing behavior. Negative symptoms: absence of expected emotions and behaviors. If they don"t speak, they show flat affect. Example: i"m scared of a sharp thing hanging over me. Experiencing hallucinations, or perceptions that do not match the physical world. Example: i realized that i was the devil. Man has severe case when he has disorganized behavior when he became rigid and immobile. Schizophrenia can come from excessive amounts of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
