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FEEDBACK ON SCHIZOPHRENIA MINI MOCK Q2: EXPLAIN ONE CRITICISM OF USING TOKEN ECONOMIES TO TREAT THE SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (2 MARKS) • Make sure your elaboration relates to the point you have made Q4: USING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, EXPLAIN WHY LOUISE IS NOW SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (4 MARKS) • You need to mention the diathesis stress model in your answer and explain what it suggests • Don’t repeat information in the text unless you are specifically relating it to the question • A lot of students didn’t express the genetic vulnerability element of the stress-diathesis model very clearly. You need to say that the model suggests that the individual inherits a gene, or a combination of genes that predisposes them to develop the disorder, but that whether or not they do develop the disorder will depend on their experiences in the environment • Quite a few students got diathesis and stress mixed up. Diathesis is the genetic vulnerability (in this case) and stress is the environmental trigger • To get full marks you must mention both the genetic vulnerability and the environmental trigger and relate both to examples in the scenario • There is no suggestion that Louise has grown up in a high EE environment • Nobody ‘catches’ schizophrenia. It is not contagious Q4: USING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, EXPLAIN WHY LOUISE IS NOW SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (4 MARKS) Q5: BRIEFLY OUTLINE CBT FOR SCHIZ AND EXPLAIN ONE LIMITATION (4 MARKS) • It is not an appropriate evaluation of CBT for schizophrenia to say that it is expensive as this is generic and does not relate to schizophrenia specifically • Only give one limitation • Don’t include strengths Q5: BRIEFLY OUTLINE CBT FOR SCHIZ AND EXPLAIN ONE LIMITATION (4 MARKS) Q6: OUTLINE ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TYPICAL AND ATYPICAL DRUGS.. • Possible content: • typical- primarily combat positive symptoms, atypical- both positive and negative • typical- greater side effects, atypical- lower risk of side effects especially motor movement. Could also say difference in side effects experienced. • typical-block only dopamine receptors, atypicaleffects both dopamine and serotonin Q7: EXPLAIN HOW A SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE CAN BE USED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS • Your answer must relate specifically to the scenario and not just say ‘they won’t know the aims of the study and therefore won’t change their behaviour’. You must mention the role of the placebo condition • It is not necessarily the case that the participants would not know the aims of the study in this particular example. They may well know the aims of the study, they just won’t know which group they are in • In a single blind study only participant is kept unaware of who is in which group, not the researcher Q7: EXPLAIN HOW A SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE CAN BE USED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS • Possible content: • In a single blind procedure the participant does not know whether they are receiving the real antipsychotic medication or a placebo. This is so measurement of their behaviour in response to the medication will be more valid- they cannot consciously or unconsciously work out what the researcher expects to find and change their behaviour. Q8: OUTLINE AND EVALUATE THE COGNITIVE EXPLANATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA • When evaluating the cognitive explanation do not focus too heavily on therapy. It’s fine to say that it has led to therapies being developed, but you don’t need to describe how those therapies work • It is not necessary to give the procedures of a study when using it to evaluate an explanation of something • If you include the stroop test study, you must ground the research to the theory or you won’t receive any credit for it • Be careful when describing meta-representation it is where the individual is unable to distinguish between their own and others’ actions, rather than ‘believing their actions are carried out by others’