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2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - Schizophrenia: The Interactionist Approach

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This deck covers key concepts from the interactionist approach to schizophrenia, including genetic and environmental factors, treatments, and research findings.

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Vulnerability
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Term
Definition
What does diathesis mean?
Vulnerability
What did Meehl originally claim the vulnerability was due to?
Genetics
Meehl claimed schizophrenia was due to a
Single schizo-gene
The single gene vulnerability explanation has now been rejected in exchange for what genetic explanation?
Polygenic - where many genes combined increase vulnerability
What other factors than genes can now be seen as diathesis?
Psychological trauma e.g early childhood abuse
How can early abuse make a person vulnerable to stress?
It can affect brain development
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2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - Schizophrenia: The Interactionist Approach
TermDefinition
What does diathesis mean?
Vulnerability
What did Meehl originally claim the vulnerability was due to?
Genetics
Meehl claimed schizophrenia was due to a
Single schizo-gene
The single gene vulnerability explanation has now been rejected in exchange for what genetic explanation?
Polygenic - where many genes combined increase vulnerability
What other factors than genes can now be seen as diathesis?
Psychological trauma e.g early childhood abuse
How can early abuse make a person vulnerable to stress?
It can affect brain development
The stress trigger can now cover things other than parenting. Name one factor
Cannabis use
How much more likely are you to get schizophrenia if you use cannabis
Up to 7 times
How can cannabis make a person vulnerable to schizophrenia?
It interferes with the dopamine system
Why can we argue that there must be other factors than cannabis use as stressors?
Not everyone who. Smokes cannabis has schizophrenia
What is a common ineractionist treatment for schizophrenia?
Anti-psychotic medication and CBT
What does the interactionist approach to treatment consider
Both biological and psychological treatments
What three treatments are commonly combined in the UK
Drugs, family therapy and CBT
What did Tienari find to be the vulnerability and stress to be in their Finnish study?
Vulnerability - genetics; Stress - family dysfunction (high conflict & low empathy
What is the individual differences evaluation point for the interactionist approach?
Two people may have same vulnerability and stressor, but they both don’t develop schizophrenia
What did Tarrier find on the interactionist approach to treatment?
Those receiving a combination of CBT and medication had fewer symptoms than those receiving one treatment
What is the treatment causation fallacy?
Just because a combination treatment is effective, this combination may not be the cause of schizophrenia