Chapter 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

catatonia

Answer 2

A disorder of movement involving immobility or excited agitation.

Question 3

hebephrenia

Answer 3

A silly and immature emotionality, a characteristic of some types of schizophrenia.

Question 4

paranoia

Answer 4

People’s 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 disorder’s frequent appearance during adolescence.

Question 6

associative splitting

Answer 6

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

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

alogia

Answer 13

A deficiency in the amount or content of speech, a disturbance often seen in people with schizophrenia.

Question 14

anhedonia

Answer 14

An inability to experience pleasure, associated with some mood and schizophrenic disorders.

Question 15

flat affect

Answer 15

An apparently emotionless demeanor (including toneless speech and vacant gaze) when a reaction would be expected.

Question 16

disorganized speech

Answer 16

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

Question 17

inappropriate affect

Answer 17

An emotional display that is improper for the situation.

Question 18

catatonic immobility

Answer 18

A disturbance of motor behavior in which the person remains motionless, sometimes in an awkward posture, for extended periods.

Question 19

schizophreniform disorder

Answer 19

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

Question 20

schizoaffective disorder

Answer 20

A psychotic dis- order featuring symptoms of both schizophrenia and major mood disorder.

Question 21

delusional disorder

Answer 21

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

Question 22

shared psychotic disorder (folie à deux)

Answer 22

A psychotic disturbance in which individuals develop a delusion similar to that of a person with whom they share a close relationship. Also known as folie à deux.

Question 23

substance-induced psychotic disorder

Answer 23

Psychosis caused by the ingestion of medications, psychoactive drugs, or toxins.

Question 24

psychotic disorder associated with another medical condition

Answer 24

Condition that is characterized by hallucinations or delusions and that is the direct result of another physiological disorder, such as stroke or brain tumor.

Question 25

brief psychotic disorder

Answer 25

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

Question 26

attenuated psychosis syndrome

Answer 26

Disorder involving the onset of psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, which puts a person at high risk for schizophrenia; designated for further study by DSM-5.

Question 27

prodromal stage

Answer 27

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

Question 28

schizophrenogenic mother

Answer 28

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

Question 29

double bind communication

Answer 29

According to an obsolete, unsupported theory, the practice of transmitting conflicting messages that was thought to cause schizophrenia

Question 30

expressed emotion (EE)

Answer 30

Hostility, criticism, and over-involvement demonstrated by some families toward a family member with a psychological disorder. This can often contribute to the person’s relapse.

Question 31

token economy

Answer 31

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