General Psych Definitons

Question 1

Delusions

Answer 1

Fixed false beliefs not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence

Question 2

Content of Delusions, themes include

Answer 2

Persecutory
Referential
Somatic
Religious
Grandiose
Erotomaniac
Nihilistic

Question 3

Delusions can be non-bizarre if

Answer 3

Clearly implausible, not understandable to same culture peers

Do not derive from ordinary life experience

Include

Delusions of control
Thought withdrawal
Thought insertion

Question 4

Hallucinations are by definition,

Answer 4

Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus

May occur in any sensory modality

Question 5

Hallucinations must occur in the context of a _______ sensorium

Answer 5

Clear

Question 6

Hallucinations that occur while falling asleep

Answer 6

Hypnagogic

Question 7

Hallucinations that occur while waking from sleep

Answer 7

Hypnopompic

Question 8

Disorganized thinking (formal thought disorder) is typically inferred from the individual’s _______

Answer 8

Speech

Question 9

Derailment or loose associations

Answer 9

Individual may switch from one topic to another

Question 10

Tangentiality

Answer 10

When answers to questions are obliquely related or completely unrelated