DISTURBANCES IN MOTOR FUNCTIONING

Question 1

the person’s pathological imitation of movements of another person.

Answer 1

Echopraxia

Question 2

motor anomalies in non-organic disorders (as opposed to disturbances of consciousness and motor activity secondary to organic pathology)

Answer 2

Catatonia

Question 3

motiveless resistance to all instructions or to all attempts to be moved.

Answer 3

Negativism

Question 4

general term used to describe an immobile position that is constantly maintained.

Answer 4

Catalepsy

Question 5

agitated, purposeless motor activity that is uninfluenced by external stimuli.

Answer 5

Catatonic Excitement

Question 6

noticeable slowed motor activity, often to a point of immobility and seeming unawareness of surroundings.

Answer 6

Catatonic Stupor

Question 7

voluntary assumption of a rigid posture, held against all efforts to be moved.

Answer 7

Catatonic Rigidity

Question 8

voluntary assumption of an inappropriate or bizarre posture which is generally maintained for long periods of time.

Answer 8

Catatonic Posturing

Question 9

a condition wherein the person can be molded into a position that is then maintained. When the examiner moves the person’s limb, the limb feels as if it were made of wax.

Answer 9

Cerea Flexibilitas (Waxy Flexibility)

Question 10

temporary muscle weakness and loss of muscle tone precipitated by a variety of emotional states.

Answer 10

Cataplexy

Question 11

repetitive fixed pattern of physical action or speech.

Answer 11

Stereotypy

Question 12

deep-seated/ingrained and habitual involuntary movement

Answer 12

Mannerism

Question 13

automatic performance of an act or acts generaly representative of unconscious symbolic activity.

Answer 13

Automatism

Question 14

automatic fo lowing of suggestions. (automatic obedience)

Answer 14

CommandAutomatism

Question 15

voicelessness that is not caused by structural abnormalities or physical conditions.

Answer 15

Mutism

Question 16

abnormality in motor behavior that can manifest itself as psychomotor agitation, hyperactivity, tic, sleepwalking, or compulsions

Answer 16

Overactivity

Question 17

excessive motor and cognitive overactivity, usua ly nonproductive and in response to inner tension.

Answer 17

Psychomotor Agitation

Question 18

restless, aggressive, and destructive activity, often associated with some underlying organic pathology.

Answer 18

Hyperactivity (Hyperkinesis)

Question 19

involuntary, spasmodic motor movement.

Answer 19

Tic

Question 20

motor activity during sleep.

Answer 20

Sleepwalking (Somnambulism)

Question 21

subjective feeling of muscular tension secondary to antipsychotic or other medication, which can cause restlessness, pacing, repeated sitting and standing; can be mistaken for psychotic agitation.

Answer 21

Akathisia

Question 22

uncontro lable impulse to perform an act repetitively

Answer 22

Compulsion

Question 23

compulsion to drink alcoh

Answer 23

Dipsomania

Question 24

compulsion to steal.

Answer 24

Kleptomania

Question 25

excessive and compulsive need for coitus in a woman.

Answer 25

Nymphomania

Question 26

excessive and compulsive need for coitus in a man.

Answer 26

Satyriasis

Question 27

compulsion to pull out one’s hair.

Answer 27

Trichotillomania

Question 28

automatic activity compulsive in nature, anxiety-reducing in origin.

Answer 28

Ritual

Question 29

decreased motor and cognitive activity, as in psychomotor retardation; visible slowing of thought, speech and movements.

Answer 29

Hypoactivity (Hypokinesis)

Question 30

simple, imitative motor activity of childhood.

Answer 30

Mimicry

Question 31

forceful goal-directed action that may be verbal or physical; the motor counterpart of the affect of rage, anger, or hostility.

Answer 31

Aggression

Question 32

direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse in action; unconscious fantasy is lived out impulsively in behavior.

Answer 32

Acting out