Abnormal Psychology

Exaggerations or distortions of normal thoughts, emotions and behavior.

Below average level of functioning, Affective flattening, alogia, and avolition

A splitting or lacking of integration among the individual's psychological functions.

Active Phase, Prodromal phase, and Residual phase.

CASIS Cluster

Compromising cognitive disturbances, affective disturbances, social isolation, school failure

Lasts at least 6 months, dysfunction at work/school etc, includes one: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized speech, disturbed or catatonic behavior, negative symptoms

Deeply entrenched false believes. Precursory (someone's out to harm me),reference (commercial was speaking to me).

Catatonic type, disorganized type, paranoid type, undifferentiated type, residual type,

People have non-bizzarre delusions lasting one month at least. Functioning is not impaired nor is their behavior bizarre

A socio-cultural perspective that measures the degree to which family members speak in ways that reflect criticism, hostile feelings and emotional over involvement or over concern. The more EE, the more likely schizophrenia will occur in a genetically predisposed person.

It involves a long-lasting maladaptive pattern of inner experience and behavior, dating back to adolescence or young adulthood, that is manifested in at least two of the following: cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning, and impulse control

An overall lack of regard for society's moral and legal standard.

"Sociopaths" and "psychopaths"

Conduct disorder.