Verbal

Question 1

Circumstantiality

Answer 1

Before getting to the point or answering a question the person gets caught up in countless details and explanations

Question 2

Clang associations

Answer 2

Where one word follows next based on only rhyming

“I want to say the play of the day rat stay may I pay”

Question 3

Echolalia

Answer 3

Repeating the speech of another
Nurse- “tell me your name”
Patient- “tell me your name”

Question 4

Tangentiality

Answer 4

Person goes off topic and mostly doesnt return

E.g ask about family but talk about animals cars and boats

Question 5

Perseveration

Answer 5

Involuntary repetition of the same thought phrase or motor response to different questions or situations
Associated with brain damage

Question 6

Word salad

Answer 6

Mixture of word and phrases that have no meaning together

E.g i am fine apple pie no sale furniture store take it slow cellar door

Question 7

Thought blocking

Answer 7

Sudden blank thoughts in a middle of a sentence. Person is unable to continue train of thought

Question 8

Neologism

Answer 8

Words a person makes up that only have meaning for the person themselves.
Often part of a delusional system

Question 9

Flight of ideas

Answer 9

Constant flow of speech where person jumps from one topic to the other rapidly. There is a connection between topics although hard to connect
Characteristically seen in manic state

Question 10

Looseness of association

Answer 10

Thinking is haphazard illogical and confused. connections in though are interrupted.
Seen mostly in schizophrenic disorder