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Question 1

schizophrenia

Answer 1

severe disorder in which the person suffers from disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, hallucinations, and inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality.

Question 2

psychotic

Answer 2

refers to an individual’s inability to separate what is real and what is fantasy.

Question 3

delusions

Answer 3

false beliefs held by a person who refuses to accept evidence of their falseness.

Question 4

delusions of persecution,

Answer 4

in which people believe that others are trying to hurt them in some way

Question 5

delusions of reference

Answer 5

in which people believe that other people, television characters, and even books are specifically talking to them

Question 6

delusions of influence

Answer 6

In which people believe that they are being controlled by external forces, such as the devil, aliens, or cosmic forces

Question 7

delusions of grandeur or grandiose delusions

Answer 7

in which people are convinced that they are powerful people who can save the world or have a special mission

Question 8

Primary symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 8

Delusions, disturbed or disorganized thoughts, hallucinations, changes in mood and disorganized or odd behavior.

Question 9

hallucinations

Answer 9

false sensory perceptions, such as hearing voices that do not really exist.

Question 10

flat affect

Answer 10

a lack of emotional responsiveness.

Question 11

catatonia

Answer 11

disturbed behavior ranging from statue-like immobility to bursts
of energetic, frantic movement, and talking.

Question 12

positive symptoms

Answer 12

symptoms of schizophrenia that are excesses of behavior or occur in addition to normal behavior; hallucinations, delusions, and distorted thinking.

Question 13

negative symptoms

Answer 13

symptoms of schizophrenia that

are less than normal behavior or an absence of normal behavior; poor attention, flat affect, and poor speech production.

Question 14

stress-vulnerability model

Answer 14

explanation of disorder that assumes a biological sensitivity, or vulnerability, to a certain disorder will result in the development of that disorder under the right conditions of environmental or emotional stress.

Question 15

Causes of schizophrenia

Answer 15

Genetics and brain structural defects, overactivity of dopamine areas or lower dopamine, biological roots, and stress-vulnerability model.