CH.12

Question 1

schizophrenia

Answer 1

a devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking (delusions), perception (hallucinations), speech, emotions, and behavior

Question 2

associative splitting

Answer 2

a separation among basic functions of human personality (for example, cognition, emotion, and perception) seen by some as the defining characteristic of schizophrenia

Question 3

hebephrenia

Answer 3

a SILLY AND IMMATURE EMOTIONALITY, A CHARACTERISTIC OF SOME TYPES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

Question 4

paranoia

Answer 4

peoples irrational beliefs that they are especially important (delusions of grandeur) or that other people are seeking to do them harm

Question 5

dementia praecox

Answer 5

the latin term meaning premature loss of mind; an early label for what is now called schizophrenia, emphasizing the disorders frequent appearance during adolescence

Question 6

brief psychotic disorder

Answer 6

a psychotic disturbance involving delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior buy lasting less than 1 month
often occurs in reaction to a stressor

Question 7

psychotic behavior

Answer 7

a severe psychological disorder category characterized by hallucinations and loss of contact with reality

Question 8

positive symptoms

Answer 8

a more overt symptom, such as a delusion or hallucination, displayed by some people with schizophrenia

Question 9

delusion

Answer 9

a psychotic symptom involving disorder of thought content and presence of strong beliefs that are misrepresentations of reality

Question 10

hallucination

Answer 10

a psychotic symptom of perceptual disturbance in which something is seen, heard, or otherwise sensed although it is not actually present

Question 11

negative symptoms

Answer 11

a less outgoing symptom, such as flat affect or poverty of speech, displayed by some people with schizophrenia

Question 12

avolition

Answer 12

an inability to initiate or persist in important activities

also known as apathy

Question 13

disorganized speech

Answer 13

a style of talking often seen in people with schizophrenia, involving incoherence and a lack of typical logic patterns

Question 14

delusional disorder

Answer 14

a psychotic disorder featuring a persistent belief contrary to reality (delusion) but no other symptoms of schizophrenia

Question 15

prodromal stage

Answer 15

period of 1 to 2 years before serious symptoms of schizophrenia occur but when less severe yet unusual behaviors start to appear

Question 16

expressed emotion (EE)

Answer 16

hostility, criticism, and over-involvement demonstrated by some families toward a family member with a psychological disorder
this can often contribute to the persons relapse

Question 17

inappropriate affect

Answer 17

an emotional display that is improper for the situation

Question 18

schizophreniform disorder

Answer 18

a psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but lasting less than 6 months

Question 19

schizoaffective disorder

Answer 19

a psychotic disorder featuring symptoms of both schizophrenia and major mood disorder

Question 20

shared psychotic disorder (folie a deux)

Answer 20

a psychotic disturbance in which individuals develop a delusion similar to that of a person with whom they share a close relationship

Question 21

psychotic disorder associated with another medical condition

Answer 21

condition that is characerized by hallucinations or delusions and that is the direct result of another psysiological disorder, such as stroke or brain tumor

Question 22

substance-induced psychotic disorder

Answer 22

psychosis caused by the ingestion of medications, psychoactive drugs, or toxins

Question 23

schizophrenogenic mother

Answer 23

according to an obsolete, unsupported theory, a cold, dominating, and rejecting parent who was thought to cause schizophrenia in her offspring

Question 24

token economy

Answer 24

a social learning behavior modification system in which individuals earn items they can exchange for desired rewards by displaying appropriate behaviors