What is the difference between top-down and bottom-up theories of delusion?

Evidence for bottom-up accounts and problems

What is Maher's (1974) account of delusions? Evidence for this?

What are the criticisms of Maher's account?

What is Garety & Hemsley's (1994) account of D? Examples of biases?

What is the JTC and what is the evidence for it?

What re the limitations of the JTC view?

How does a failure to generate alternatives link to JTC and what is the evidence for this?

How does intolerance for ambiguity relate JTC and what is the evidence?

What is Friths (1987) account of D?

What is apophenia and how may it be important for delusion formation?

What is used to study semantic processing and how has this highlighted apophatic thought processes in deluded individuals?

Evidence for associative thought in normal (prone) population?

What is the chance-baseline-shift (Blackmore & Troscianko, 1985)?

How does belief in the paranormal link to delusion formation?