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Illusory correlations in paranoid and non‐paranoid schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Brennan J. H.,
Hemsley D. R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1984.tb00649.x
Subject(s) - psychology , paranoid schizophrenia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , paranoia , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , psychosis , psychiatry
Paranoid schizophrenics, non‐paranoid schizophrenics and normals were assessed on tasks designed to demonstrate their tendency to perceive illusory correlations. It was hypothesized that paranoids would show stronger illusory correlations than normals due to the predominance of their schemata when processing information, and that non‐paranoids would show weaker correlations than normals because of their impaired ability to establish conceptual categories. Results were broadly consistent with predictions.