SPMM Notes Random Paper A: Questions With
Solutions (Pass!)
Conrad's 5 stages of delusion development Right Ans - 1) Trema -
delusional mood with change in perception of the world
2) Apophany - search for meaning in psychological changes
3) Anastrophy - heightening of psychosis
4) Consolidation - formation of new world view
5) Residuum - autistic state
Sherif and colleagues' (1961) Robbers Cave study Right Ans - Studies
behaviour of 2 groups of 11 year old boys
Showed conflict is due to competition for resources and power
Bandura's findings on aggression in children Right Ans - 1) Observing an
aggressive adult increases aggression
2) Observing said adult receive punishment reduces aggression (And visa
versa)
3) Watching violence in TV increases later violence
Richard Gregory Right Ans - said that our perception is based on past
experiences and stored information
Sherif and Hovland Right Ans - Social Judgment Theory
- ego-involving judgments tend to be polarised in response to persuasive
communication
Pseudologia fantastica Right Ans - A type of lying in which a person
appears to believe in the reality of his or her fantasies and acts on them
Seen in some PD's
Retroactive interfence Right Ans - the disruptive effect of new learning on
the recall of old information
Retrospective falsification Right Ans - Unconscious process by which
memories are distorted by the present state of mind
, Gedankenlautwerden Right Ans - Hearing one's thoughts spoken just
before or at the same time as they are occuring
Pseudohallucinatinos Right Ans - Commonly auditory
Subjectively experienced
Apophenia Right Ans - Coined by Klaus Conrad
Tendency to mistakenly perceive meaning and connections between
unrelated things
Early symptom of schizophrenia
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Right Ans - 4 traits:
1. Introversion / extroversion
2. Neuroticism / stability
3. Psychoticism / socialization
4. Lying scale
Eysenck's theory of introversion Right Ans - Introverts have greater
activity in the reticular activating system so seek out less stimulation
Extroverts have less so seek out stimulation
Oneiroid state Right Ans - Individual experiences extremely vivid and all
encompassing hallucinations. Often associated with catatonic symptoms.
Dementia with Lewy bodies brain imaging changes Right Ans - Profoundly
reduced radiotracer uptake in the substantia nigra and striatal region on DAT
scans (similar to PD)
Diffuse cerebral atrophy (> than in PD, < than in AD )
Fear of death (age) Right Ans - 7-8 years
ASD structural brain abnormalities Right Ans - Cerebellar vermis
abnormality is the most common finding
Structural brain changes in adolescence Right Ans - Increased white matter
Decreased grey matter
Linguistic humour operational stage Right Ans - Concrete operational
Solutions (Pass!)
Conrad's 5 stages of delusion development Right Ans - 1) Trema -
delusional mood with change in perception of the world
2) Apophany - search for meaning in psychological changes
3) Anastrophy - heightening of psychosis
4) Consolidation - formation of new world view
5) Residuum - autistic state
Sherif and colleagues' (1961) Robbers Cave study Right Ans - Studies
behaviour of 2 groups of 11 year old boys
Showed conflict is due to competition for resources and power
Bandura's findings on aggression in children Right Ans - 1) Observing an
aggressive adult increases aggression
2) Observing said adult receive punishment reduces aggression (And visa
versa)
3) Watching violence in TV increases later violence
Richard Gregory Right Ans - said that our perception is based on past
experiences and stored information
Sherif and Hovland Right Ans - Social Judgment Theory
- ego-involving judgments tend to be polarised in response to persuasive
communication
Pseudologia fantastica Right Ans - A type of lying in which a person
appears to believe in the reality of his or her fantasies and acts on them
Seen in some PD's
Retroactive interfence Right Ans - the disruptive effect of new learning on
the recall of old information
Retrospective falsification Right Ans - Unconscious process by which
memories are distorted by the present state of mind
, Gedankenlautwerden Right Ans - Hearing one's thoughts spoken just
before or at the same time as they are occuring
Pseudohallucinatinos Right Ans - Commonly auditory
Subjectively experienced
Apophenia Right Ans - Coined by Klaus Conrad
Tendency to mistakenly perceive meaning and connections between
unrelated things
Early symptom of schizophrenia
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Right Ans - 4 traits:
1. Introversion / extroversion
2. Neuroticism / stability
3. Psychoticism / socialization
4. Lying scale
Eysenck's theory of introversion Right Ans - Introverts have greater
activity in the reticular activating system so seek out less stimulation
Extroverts have less so seek out stimulation
Oneiroid state Right Ans - Individual experiences extremely vivid and all
encompassing hallucinations. Often associated with catatonic symptoms.
Dementia with Lewy bodies brain imaging changes Right Ans - Profoundly
reduced radiotracer uptake in the substantia nigra and striatal region on DAT
scans (similar to PD)
Diffuse cerebral atrophy (> than in PD, < than in AD )
Fear of death (age) Right Ans - 7-8 years
ASD structural brain abnormalities Right Ans - Cerebellar vermis
abnormality is the most common finding
Structural brain changes in adolescence Right Ans - Increased white matter
Decreased grey matter
Linguistic humour operational stage Right Ans - Concrete operational
