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How do cognitive factors affect the onset and maintenance of social phobia? Explain and provide 3 specific examples to
  illustrate your understanding.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Studies of family concordance patterns for schizophrenia have found
 
  A) such strong correspondence between gene-sharing and diagnosis that environmental factors have
  been ruled out.
  B) little evidence of increased concordance with increased gene-sharing.
  C) that the more genetically related you are to someone with schizophrenia, the greater your risk of the
  disorder.
  D) strong correspondence between gene-sharing and diagnosis but only for males.

Question 3

What is the major difference between a diagnosis of undifferentiated schizophrenia and schizophreniform
  disorder?
 
  A) the duration of symptoms
  B) the presence of delusions and hallucinations
  C) the age of the person when they develop the disorder
  D) the degree of emotional instability and disconnection from other people

Question 4

Individuals with delusional disorder differ from those with schizophrenia in that
 
  A) their delusions are not well-formed. B) they behave relatively normally.
  C) they know their delusions are delusions. D) they rarely act on their delusions.

Question 5

The Danish adoption studies have been criticized for
 
  A) only studying males.
  B) not confirming the family history of the subjects.
  C) not treating the subjects found to have schizophrenia.
  D) not assessing the child-rearing environments of the index and control groups.

Question 6

Which of the following statements most clearly summarizes our understanding of schizophrenia?
 
  A) The role of genes in schizophrenia is well-established.
  B) Schizophrenia is one of the few psychological disorders that is most effectively treated with
  medication.
  C) While much is known about the causes of schizophrenia, there are many questions still to be
  answered.
  D) The relative influence of nature and nurture has been established.

Question 7

Today there is a growing recognition of the fact that
 
  A) cognitive factors determine the course of both psychological and biological disorders.
  B) behavioral and biological factors interact to determine health.
  C) all psychological disorders have a clearly defined biological basis.
  D) it is unlikely we will ever be able to determine the causes of psychological disorders.
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6 years ago
Answer to #1

Cognitive factors play a role in both the onset and maintenance of social phobia. It has been suggested that those
who develop social phobia may tend to expect that others will reject them or view them negatively, setting the
stage for a fear of any situation in which one will be evaluated. An expectation that one will behave in a socially
unacceptable fashion can also contribute to the development of social phobia, as well as increase the chance that
one's behavior will be unacceptable. Thus, both negative expectations of how one will be perceived and how one
will act can contribute to social phobia. These cognitive distortions may then maintain social phobia by
increasing social awkwardness and a belief in negative evaluations. There is also some evidence to suggest that
perceptions of uncontrollability and unpredictability, possibly resulting from social defeat, may also play a role
in the development of social phobia.

Answer to #2

C

Answer to #3

A

Answer to #4

B

Answer to #5

Thank you

Answer to #6

Thanks for your help Worked like a charm.

Answer to #7

B
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6 years ago
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