Psychopathology Exam #3 Questions and Correct Answers 2026/2027

Psychopathology Exam #3 Questions and Correct Answers 2026/2027 Schizophrenia Hallucinations and Brain Activity - Correct Answer -increased activity in Broca's area (area of temporal lobe involved in speech production -brain pattern of auditory hallucination similar to healthy person imagining someone talking to them -auditory hallucinations occur when patients misinterpret own self-generated and verbally mediated thoughts as coming from another source Shizoaffective disorder and Schizophrenia - Correct Answer hybrid of schizophrenia and mood disorder -has psychotic symptoms and marked changes in mood for substantial amount of time -mood symptoms Schizophreniform and Schizophrenia - Correct Answer schizophrenia-like psychoses that last at least a month but don't last for 6 months so don't warrant a diagnosis of Schizophrenia -prognosis better than schizophrenics; possibility of early and lasting remission after first psychotic braekdown Brief Psychotic Disorder and Schizophrenia - Correct Answer -sudden onset of psychotic symptoms or disorganized speech or catatonic behavior -emotional turmoil, but episode only few days (too short for schizophrenia diagnosis) -people returns to former level of functioning and may never have another episode -often triggered by stress Non-diagnosed discordant MZ twins offpsring - Correct Answer -genetic influences just as likely to show up in offspring of twins without schizophrenia in discordant pairs as offspring of twins with schizophrenia Virus theory of Scizophrenia - Correct Answer -infections in time of development might have a causal significance -some MZ and all DZ twins don't have equally similar prenatal environment -higher concordance rate in MZ than in DZ twins due to greater potential for monochorionic twins to share infections -MZ monochorionic