Which risk factor is implicated by the finding that many schizophrenics have difficulty in basic information processing

A)  traumatic childhood experiences 
B)  exposure to deviant communication patterns 
C)  neurological defects 
D)  a specific recessive gene

Schizophrenics

Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, a mental disorder characterized by distorted thinking, perceptions, emotions, and behaviors.

Information Processing

A psychological and computational approach to understanding how humans and machines interpret, store, and manipulate information.

Neurological Defects

Abnormalities in the structure or function of the nervous system that arise from genetic disorders, injury, or disease.