a quiz on schizophrenia?

Question

someone posted this on bebo and want to get 100% just to annoy them so help me out if u can!

1) which of these symptoms is a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
mood disorder
hallucinations
catatonic behaviour
decrease in body language
disorganised speech

2) which area of the brain is associated with working memory and attention deficits?
dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex
hippocampus
neocortex
striatum

3) Where does asymmetries occur?
limbic system
left medial temporal lobe
parietal cortex
right medial temporal lobe

4) What helps guide neurons during migration that schizophrenics seem to lack?
Synapsin
N-cams
Reelin
Neuropil

5) What test may show 'gating' effects prevelent in schizophrenia?
Continuos Performance Test
PPI
Winsconsin Card Sorting Task
Towers of London

6) Why does is the observed deficit in GABA production and uptake seen to have an effect on schizophrenics?

Answer 1

1) degrease in body language
2)dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex
3)i would say parietal cortex as the medial lobes are part of the limbic system
4)nueropil
5)ppi

Answer 2

I'm pretty sure the answer to the first one is decrease in body language, as catatonic behavior is a physical symptom rather than a negative symptom, halluciantions are a positive symptom, disordered speech and mood disorder wouldn't be negative symptoms. (I was taking a break from revising Abnormal Psychology when i came accross your question!!!)

Answer 3

1) mood disorder and hallucinations
2)striatum
3)parietal cortex
4)synapsin
5)ppi
6)?

Some Im only guessing on but the top one i know is def right

Answer 4

the answers r as follows
catanonic behavior
striatum
partetal cortex
neuropil
ppi
look the last one up on google

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

the people in my head are laughing at you.....................