Emotion and Affect

Question 1

Blunted affect

Answer 1

Disturbance in affect manifested by severe reduction in the intensity of externalised feeling tone

Question 2

Restricted or constricted affect

Answer 2

Reduction in the intensity of feeling tone; less severe than blunted affect but clearly reduced

Question 3

Flat affect

Answer 3

Absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression; voice monotonous, face immobile

Question 4

Labile affect

Answer 4

Rapid and abrupt changes in emotional feeling tone, unrelated to external stimuli