Definitions/vocab

Question 1

leaps from one idea to another, however there are typically discernible links between ideas

Answer 1

Flight of ideas

Question 2

patient unexpectedly leaps from one idea to another without logical associations.

Answer 2

Knight’s move

Question 3

new word formations

Answer 3

neologisms

Question 4

ideas are related to each other only by the fact that they sound similar

Answer 4

Clang associations

Question 5

inability to answer a question without giving excessive, unnecessary detail (but do eventually return to the point)

Answer 5

Circumstantiality

Question 6

wandering from a topic without returning to it.

Answer 6

Tangentiality

Question 7

completely incoherent speech where real words are strung together into nonsense sentences.

Answer 7

Word salad

Question 8

repetition of ideas or words despite an attempt to change the topic.

Answer 8

Perseveration

Question 9

Repetition of someone else’s speech, including the question that was asked.

Answer 9

Echolalia