psy 341 exam 3 vocab

Question 1

Neologism

Answer 1

A made-up word that has meaning only to the person who made it up.

Question 2

Pronominal Reversal

Answer 2

Referring to yourself in the second or third person, often associated with children and autism.

Question 3

Social Breakdown Syndrome

Answer 3

A process of worsening psychological symptoms.

Question 4

Principle of Normalization

Answer 4

Treating people in an environment as if they were normal

Question 5

Tardive Dyskinesia

Answer 5

Uncontrolled body movements caused by antipsychotics.

Question 6

Catatonia

Answer 6

rigid body posturing found in people with schizophrenia.

Question 7

Loose Associations

Answer 7

Rapid shifts from one topic to another.

Question 8

Double Bind

Answer 8

when parents communicate pairs of messages.

Question 9

Hallucinations

Answer 9

An experience involving the apparent sensory perception of something not present.

Question 10

Delusions

Answer 10

A belief firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational.

Question 11

Alogia

Answer 11

A pattern of speaking very little.

Question 12

Teratogens

Answer 12

Conditions that negatively impact a child during prenatal periods.

Question 13

Agnosia

Answer 13

Impaired ability to recognize objects.

Question 14

Apraxia

Answer 14

Impaired voluntary movement.