1st Edition

Cognition in Schizophrenia and Paranoia The Integration of Cognitive Processes

By Peter A. Magaro Copyright 1980

    Originally published in 1980, Cognition in Schizophrenia and Paranoia presents a theoretical framework that relates three fields of psychology: the experimental research in psychopathology, the developmental literature on intellectual growth, and the literature on hemispheric specialization. The specifications of the separate processes and their integration provides the means to reanalyze our empirical operations and theoretical terms in order to provide a more complete level of understanding, or at least alert us to additional possibilities in research strategies. Today it can be read in its historical context.

    Preface.  1. Research Strategies and Theory Building  2. The Hullian Model and Redefinition of Terms  3. S, V, K, and I, Theories of the Schizophrenic Performance Deficit  4. D, sHr, and Their Interactions as Theories of Schizophrenia  5. Schizophrenia and Paranoia  6. Information Processing in Schizophrenia and Paranoia  7. The Integration of Perceptual and Conceptual Processes  8. Hemispheric Specialization in Schizophrenia and Paranoia  9. Treatment of Schizophrenia and Paranoia.  Appendixes.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

    Biography

    Peter A. Magaro