2007, Question 2 · 8 points
Schizophrenia symptoms, causes, drugs and DID
The student names symptoms of schizophrenia, gives genetic evidence and the dopamine hypothesis, explains how antipsychotic drugs act at the synapse and one risk they carry, and tells schizophrenia apart from dissociative identity disorder.
This exam had two free-response questions to answer in 50 minutes, together worth one third of the total grade, and the scoring guidelines give each question 8 points. The current exam has 2 free-response questions in 70 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.
1 Read the question
The question is College Board's, from the 2007 exam. It starts on page 3 of the PDF. College Board no longer posts this exam, so it opens from the copy of College Board's PDF that the Internet Archive saved on January 16, 2026.
2 Write your answer
Answer each part the way you would on the exam, in full sentences, with your work shown. Your writing saves as you type.
3 Score it
Score your answer against College Board's scoring guidelines, one point at a time. Give yourself a point only when your answer says what the guideline asks for.
Scoring guidelines (PDF, page 7)
Question, scoring guidelines: College Board, from the Internet Archive. The title, summary are ours.