Schizophrenia

The reading titled, “Schizophrenic Language and Cognition,” was quite interesting because it describes the language used by schizophrenic individuals and how this disorganized speech affects their communication and social interactions with the “outside world.” The disordered thoughts that are expressed by schizophrenics suggest that they are not coherent enough to know what they are saying and that they aren’t making any sense. Schizophrenic speech samples were analyzed by the Canadian psychologist, Sherry Rochester, in order to find out some kind of rationale beh...