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2 marks
In the context of schizophrenia, outline what is meant by co-morbidity.
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First exams 2027
Diagnosis of Schizophrenia (AQA A Level Psychology): Exam Questions
Exam code: 7182
13 mins6 questions
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2 marks
Explain how symptom overlap might lead to problems with the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
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2 marks
Name and briefly outline one negative symptom of schizophrenia.
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4
2 marks
What terms are used by psychologists to describe A and B below?
A When a person has two or more disorders at the same time.
B When two different disorders have a symptom in common.
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1 mark
Which of the following symptoms of schizophrenia is shown when a person loses interest in life and in caring for themselves?
Avolition
Alogia
Delusion
Hallucination
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4 marks
A psychologist investigated cognitive processing in two groups of people with schizophrenia. People in Group A showed positive symptoms of schizophrenia, and people in Group B showed negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
Each person completed a cognitive task and was given an overall score. The psychologist then calculated average scores for each group. The results are shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1
Using the data in Table 1, explain how the distribution of scores in Group A differs from the distribution of scores in Group B.
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