AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects less than one percent of the U.S. population. When schizophrenia is active, symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, trouble with thinking and lack of motivation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The magnitude of disability in patients with schizophrenia was 41.7 %.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of schizophrenia. Deficits are moderate to severe across several domains, including attention, working memory, verbal learning and memory, and executive functions.

Detailed explanation-4: -A common schizophrenia delusion type is the paranoid delusion. Another word for these are persecutory delusions. These are delusions where a person believes they are being harassed, harmed, or otherwise watched by others.