Author Question: What is the ratio of the incidence of schizophrenia in members of lower socioeconomic groups ... (Read 143 times)

dalyningkenk · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

What is the ratio of the incidence of schizophrenia in members of lower socioeconomic groups compared to higher socioeconomic groups?

a. about 5 to 1
b. slightly under 3 to 1
c. more than 1 to 2
d. right around 1 to 5

Question 2

Which of the following is true regarding the role of dopamine in schizophrenia?

a. Medications that block dopamine activity can produce schizophrenia-like hallucinations and delusions.
b. An overactive dopamine system may be the major biochemical culprit in many cases of schizophrenia.
c. Phencyclidine (PCP, or angel dust) can reduce schizophrenia-like symptoms by acting on synapses that use dopamine as their neurotransmitter.
d. The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia accounts for 90 to 95 of the symptoms that people with schizophrenia experience.