Schizophrenics and social judgement. Why do schizophrenics get it wrong?
Videotaped social interactions were shown to a population of schizophrenics and controls who were asked to comment on the emotional state of the principal protagonist. Their free responses were subjected to a content analysis to examine which of three possible explanations of known schizophrenic inaccuracies on this task were responsible: formal thought disorder, selective avoidance of psychological factors, or perceptual/attentional deficits. Neither selective avoidance nor marked thought disorder were found to explain these errors. The schizophrenics as a group rated much the same, irrespective of clinical profile. Their judgements of personality were less clear-cut than the controls.
Cramer
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St Bernard's Hospital, Southall, Middlesex.
Bowen
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J
O'Neill
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D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D003142:Communication; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011340:Problem Solving; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D013850:Thinking