Psych vocab

Question 1

Illusion

Answer 1

misperception of real stimuli

Question 2

hallucination

Answer 2

perception in absence of external stimuli

Question 3

delusion

Answer 3

false belief firmly held despite evidence to the contrary

Question 4

over-valued idea

Answer 4

belief sustained beyond logic but patient can be convinced otherwise

Question 5

delusional perception

Answer 5

delusional belief resulting from a real perception

Question 6

thought broadcast

Answer 6

Thoughts are being broadcast so they can be heard by others

Question 7

thought echo

Answer 7

Form of auditory hallucination in which the patient hears their thoughts spoken aloud

Question 8

thought block

Answer 8

Sudden interruption in the train of thought, leaving a blank

Question 9

concrete thinking

Answer 9

lack of abstract thinking

Question 10

loosening of association

Answer 10

Lack of logical association between thoughts –> incoherent speech

Question 11

circumstantiality

Answer 11

Talking at great length around the subject but returns to the topic

Question 12

tanngential

Answer 12

doesn’t return to point

Question 13

confabulation

Answer 13

Giving a false account to fill a memory gap

Question 14

perserveration

Answer 14

repetition of a word

Question 15

somatic passivity

Answer 15

Delusional belief that the bodily sensations are from an external agency

Question 16

made acts, feelings and drives

Answer 16

The experience being carried out by the patient is considered as alien/ imposed

Question 17

catatonia

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Significantly excited or inhibited motor activity(with waxy flexibility or posturing)

Question 18

stupor

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Loss of activity with no response to stimuli; may mark a progression of motor retardation

Question 19

psychomotor retardation

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slowing of thoughts and movements

Question 20

flight of ideas

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Rapid skipping from one thought to distantly related ideas

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neologism

Answer 21

made up words

Question 22

pressure of speech

Answer 22

Rapid rate of delivery may be associated with use of rhymes and puns

Question 23

poverty of speech

Answer 23

Reduced amount, range and content of speech

Question 24

flattening of affect

Answer 24

Reduced range of emotional expression

Question 25

incongruity of affect

Answer 25

Mismatch between emotional expression and content

Question 26

obsession

Answer 26

an unwanted recurrent thought (experienced as intrusive)

Question 27

compulsion

Answer 27

An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way

Question 28

belle indifference

Answer 28

An apparent lack of concern at symptoms / disability

Question 29

depersonalisation

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Thoughts and feelings do not seem to belong to oneself

Question 30

derealisation

Answer 30

Feeling as if you are looking a yourself form the outside

Question 31

stereotypy

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persistent repetition of a behaviour without cause

Question 32

capgas syndrome

Answer 32

spouse is an imposter

Question 33

fregoli syndrome

Answer 33

person in disguise

Question 34

hebephrenia

Answer 34

aka disorganised schizophrenia

thought disorder + flat affect

Question 35

catatonic schizophrenia

Answer 35

either immobile or agitated/purposeless movement. Waxy flexibility

Question 36

simple schizophrenia

Answer 36

insidious and progressive negative symptoms with no history of psychotic symptoms.

Question 37

residual schizophrenia

Answer 37

chronic negative symptoms.