Author Question: Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia often are first seen in: a. Early childhood b. Adolescence ... (Read 81 times)

SAVANNAHHOOPER23 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia often are first seen in:

a. Early childhood
b. Adolescence
c. Early adulthood
d. Middle adulthood

Question 2

A rather unattractive woman seems to work diligently to be an excellent mother and a bright, exceptional employee, striving to please her husband and her boss, sometimes to the point that she sacrifices her own needs to assure that their needs are

met. This is an example of: a. intellectualization
b. compensation.
c. identification.
d. undoing.

morganmarie791 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The onset of schizophrenia usually occurs during adolescence. The individual usually has had a normal childhood but then begins to display behaviors associated with loss of contact with reality, such as hallucinations, delusions, and paranoid feelings.

Answer to Question 2

B
Compensation is an unconscious process that allows us to make up for perceived deficits in one area by excelling in other areas to raise self-esteem. Intellectualization is a defense mechanism wherein a person avoids focusing on the distressing emotional aspects of a situation by focusing on its intellectual or factual aspects instead. Identification is an unconscious mechanism calling for assuming the desirable characteristics or behaviors of another. Undoing reduces anxiety by using positive behaviors to make up for unacceptable actions or thoughts.