Explain the relationship between the reinforcement pathway and schizophrenia.
What will be an ideal response?
The mesolimbic pathway is involved with the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. It is also a link for reinforcement, such as in drug addiction. In fact, drugs that are agonists (such as cocaine) can reinforce behavior and produce positive symptoms of schizophrenia. If reinforcement mechanisms are activated at inappropriate times, it is possible that inappropriate behaviors may be reinforced.
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What will be an ideal response?
According to the underarousal hypothesis, individuals with antisocial personality disorder may engage in their characteristic behaviors as a way to a. deal with their fears
b. provide a level of stimulation that most of us receive from more typical behaviors. c. provide a sense of relief from the feelings of depression that they experience when they are not highly aroused. d. reduce the generally high level of arousal that they feel.
When an axo-axonic synapse results in a decrease of neurotransmitter released by a target axon, which of the following processes has occurred?
A. temporal summation B. spatial summation C. presynaptic facilitation D. presynaptic inhibition
According to Havighurst, selecting a mate and rearing children are tasks of:
a. late adulthood b. later maturity c. middle age d. early adulthood