Defend the position that schizophrenia has a biological basis

What will be an ideal response?


Sources of support for this position would include: adoption studies, twin studies, the fact that MRI scans of schizophrenic patients show structural abnormalities, the fact that effective antipsychotic drugs block brain dopamine receptors, and the fact that dopamine-releasing drugs (e.g. amphetamine) can cause schizophrenia symptoms.

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a. Gamma-amniobutyric acid (GABA) b. Glutamate c. Dopamine d. Norepinephrine e. Serotonin

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No matter how complex something is, Democritus believed that it can be explained in terms of atoms and their activity. This view is referred to as:?

a. ?solipsism b. ?animism c. ?elementism d. ?material cause

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Ted is sitting in the campus center when he is suddenly overcome by an intense fear that he had never experienced before. His body seems to be "racing out of control" and he wonders if he is having a heart attack. Ted's symptoms would be called

a) fugue. b) a panic attack. c) a mood disorder. d) depersonalization.

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Noticing a red flower among a field of purple flowers illustrates ______.

A. the attention capture phenomenon B. the cocktail party effect C. the bottleneck of attention D. a shadowing task

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