Signs and Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Question 1

associative looseness (pos: alter speech)

Answer 1

word salad: jumble of words meaningless to listener
illogical thinking w poor concentration

Question 2

clang association (pos: alter speech)

Answer 2

words chosen based on sound w no correlation (click clack clutch)

Question 3

neologisms (pos: alter speech)

Answer 3

words put together that only have meaning toward pt

Question 4

echolalia (pos: alter speech)

Answer 4

pathological repetition of another’s words

Question 5

circumstantiality (pos: abnl speech)

Answer 5

unnecessary details in convo but soon getting to point

Question 6

tangentiality (pos: abnl speech)

Answer 6

continuing to wander off topic but never reaching point of convo

Question 7

cognitive retardation (pos: abnl speech)

Answer 7

slowing cognition w thinking, delays in responding

Question 8

pressured speech (pos: abnl speech)

Answer 8

urgent or intense speech and reluctance to allow comments from others

Question 9

flight of ideas (pos: abnl speech)

Answer 9

moving rapidly from one thought to the next making it difficult for others to follow

Question 10

symbolic speech (pos: abnl speech)

Answer 10

using words based on what they symbolize not mean (demons are sticking me)

Question 11

thought blocking (pos distorted thought)

Answer 11

reduction or stoppage of thought

Question 12

thought insertion (pos distorted thought)

Answer 12

uncomfy belief that someone inserted thoughts into pt brain

Question 13

thought deletion (pos distorted thought)

Answer 13

belief that thoughts are taken/missing

Question 14

magical thinking (pos distorted thought)

Answer 14

believing that reality can be changed by thinking/unrelated actions

Question 15

paranoia (pos distorted thought)

Answer 15

irrational fear
mild: suspicious
profound: believing other person will kill you

Question 16

hallucinations (pos alter in perception)

Answer 16

auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, command

Question 17

illusions (pos alter in perception)

Answer 17

something morphing into something else

Question 18

depersonalization (pos alter in perception)

Answer 18

dissociation (out of body)

Question 19

derealization (pos alter in perception)

Answer 19

person saying they are in a simulation

Question 20

catatonia (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 20

pronounced increase or decrease in amount of movement

Question 21

motor retardation (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 21

slowing of movement

Question 22

motor agitation (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 22

excited behavior like running or pacing

Question 23

stereotyped behaviors (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 23

repetitive behaviors that dont have logical purpose

Question 24

waxy flexibility (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 24

stationary and unable to move/be moved

Question 25

echopraxia (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 25

mimicking of movements of another person

Question 26

negativism (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 26

risk or repose of others

Question 27

impaired impulse control (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 27

reduced ability to resist impulses

Question 28

gesturing/posturing (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 28

assuming unusual and illogical expression, posture, position

Question 29

boundary impairment (pos alter in behavior)

Answer 29

impaired ability to sense one’s body or influence ends/begins

Question 30

anhedonia (neg)

Answer 30

reduced ability to experience pleasure

Question 31

avolition (neg)

Answer 31

reduced motivation or goal directed behavior

Question 32

asociality (neg)

Answer 32

decreased desire for social interaction

Question 33

affective blunting (neg)

Answer 33

reduced or constricted affect

Question 33

flat affect (neg)

Answer 33

expressionless and unreadable

Question 33

alogia (neg)

Answer 33

reduced speech

Question 34

apathy (neg)

Answer 34

decreased interest in activities

Question 35

blunted affect (neg)

Answer 35

reduced or minimal emotional response

Question 36

constricted affect (neg)

Answer 36

reduced in range

Question 37

inappropriate (neg)

Answer 37

incongruent w actual emotion/situation

Question 38

bizarre (neg)

Answer 38

odd, illogical

Question 39

concrete thinking (cog)

Answer 39

impaired ability to think abstractly (literal)

Question 40

impaired memory (cog)

Answer 40

effects short term mem and ability to learn

Question 41

impaired info processing (cog)

Answer 41

delayed responses, misperceptions and difficulty understanding others

Question 42

impaired executive functioning (cog)

Answer 42

difficulty w reasoning, setting priorities, comparing options

Question 43

anosognosia (cog)

Answer 43

inability to realize you are ill