Common terms

Question 1

Anhedonia

Answer 1

a lack of interest in daily activities

Question 2

mania

Answer 2

extreme irrability and hyperactivity

Question 3

neologism

Answer 3

consists of words that are made up by the client

Question 4

clang association

Answer 4

statements often rhyme or contain a string of words that have the same beginning sound

Question 5

echolalia

Answer 5

client repeats the words of another person

Question 6

word salad

Answer 6

words are completely meaningless and disorganized

Question 7

flight of ideas

Answer 7

continuous flow of accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic. The speech can be either coherent or incoherent

Question 8

circumstantial speech

Answer 8

adds unnecessary and lengthy details when communicating but eventually gets to the point

Question 9

Pressured speech

Answer 9

fast, ranging from rapid to frenetic. A client using pressured speech will speak loudly, incoherently, and with a false sense of urgency.

Question 10

Compensation

Answer 10

Person covers a real or perceived problem or weakness

Question 11

Conversion

Answer 11

Unconscious transformation of anxiety into physcial manifestation

Question 12

Projections

Answer 12

Uknonwing rejection of emotinally unacceptable feelings by attributing those feelings to others

Question 13

Suppression

Answer 13

Conscious blocking of disturbing feelings by suppressing conscious thoughts to avoid worrying about stressor

Question 14

Bulimia

Answer 14

Binge eating followed by “purging”