clinical psychology pt 4

Question 1

Rumination

Answer 1

in depression, tendency to repetitively and passively dwell on one’s depressed symptoms, their meanings, and their consequences

Question 2

suicide

Answer 2

death caused by intentional, self-directed injurious behavior

Question 3

Schizophrenia

Answer 3

severe disorder characterized by major disturbances in thought, perception, emotion, and behavior with symptoms that include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, and negative symptoms

Question 4

hallucination

Answer 4

perceptual experience that occurs in the absence of external stimulation, such as the auditory hallucinations (hearing voices) common to schizophrenia

Question 5

delusion

Answer 5

belief that is contrary to reality and is firmly held, despite contradictory evidence

Question 6

paranoid delusion

Answer 6

characterized by beliefs that others are out to harm them

Question 7

grandiose delusion

Answer 7

characterized by beliefs that one holds special power, unique knowledge, or is extremely important

Question 8

somatic delusion

Answer 8

belief that something highly unusual is happening to one’s body or internal organs

Question 9

disorganized thinking

Answer 9

disjointed and incoherent thought processes, usually detected by what a person says

Question 10

Disorganized/abnormal motor behavior

Answer 10

highly unusual behaviors and movements (such as child-like behaviors), repeated and purposeless movements, and displaying odd facial expressions and gestures

Question 11

catatonic behaviors

Answer 11

decreased reactivity to the environment; includes posturing and catatonic stupor