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1. Which of the following statements is TRUE aboutschizophrenia?

Not taking care of one's hygiene and avoiding socialinteraction are aspects of avolition, a negative symptom.

Schizophrenia may involve multiple personalities which attemptto reduce the patient's obsessions by engaging in thecompulsions.

The risk of developing schizophrenia is the same for anidentical twin of a person with schizophrenia as it is for a cousinof a person with schizophrenia.

Hallucinations in schizophrenia are most commonly olfactory ortactile.

2. Which of the following factors has been associated with ahigher risk of schizophrenia?

Eating a poor diet and developing amyloid plaques and tanglesin the brain

Having unusually small ventricles (fluid-filled cavities) inthe brain

Having an older father

Being born during the months with the greatest amount ofsunlight

3. Rishi, a high school student withschizophrenia, has enrolled in a longitudinal brain scanningexperiment in which his brain structure is measured for 5 years tosee how it might change over time. What are the researchers likelyto see in Rishi's brain?  

Rishi's brain is likely tolose more gray matter in the cerebral cortex than the brains ofteenagers with no schizophrenia.

Rishi's brain is likely togrow significantly in the temporal lobes because he hears voiceswith the auditory cortex.

Rishi's brain probably showshyperfrontality which refers to excessive growth of the frontallobes.

Rishi's brain is likely to lose significantly less gray matterin the cerebral cortex than the brains of teenagers with noschizophrenia. 4. Henry is in psychotherapy to work through his repressedchildhood feelings about his mother and stepfather. The therapistasks Henry to freely talk about his feelings, and when Henry startsto address the therapist as if he was Henry's stepfather, thetherapist remains neutral and does not make any judgments about howangrily Henry is speaking to him. The therapist's approach bestreflects the primary goals of: cognitive therapy. systematic desensitization. client-centered therapy. psychoanalysis.