chapter 13

Question 1

A devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking (delusions), perception (hallucinations), speech, emotions, and behaviour, is referred to as ___________.

Answer 1

Schizophrenia

Question 2

define catatonia

Answer 2

disorder of movement involving immobility or excited agitation

Question 3

what is hebephrenia?

Answer 3

silly and immature emotionally, a characteristic of some types of schizophrenia

Question 4

A person’s irrational beliefs that he or she is especially important (delusion of grandeur) or that other people are seeking to do him or her harm, is referred to as ______.

Answer 4

paranoia

Question 5

what is dementia praecox?

Answer 5

Latin term meaning ‘premature loss of mind,” an early label for what is now called schizophrenia, emphasizing the disorder’s frequent appearance during adolescence.

Question 6

Separation among basic functions of human personality (ex: cognition, emotion, perception) that is seen by some as the defining characteristic of schizophrenia, is referred to as _________.

Answer 6

associative splitting

Question 7

______ is a term used to characterize many unusual behaviours, but usually involves delusions and hallucinations.

Answer 7

psychotic

Question 8

delusions and ______, displayed by some people with schizophrenia, are considered ________ symptoms

Answer 8

hallucinations

positive symptoms

Question 9

define delusion.

Answer 9

psychotic symptom involving disorder of thought content and presence of strong beliefs that are misrepresentations of reality.

Question 10

A _______ is a psychotic symptom of a perceptual disturbance in which things are seen or heard or otherwise sensed although they are not real or actually present

Answer 10

hallucination

Question 11

flat affect and _________ displayed by some people with schizophrenia, are considered _______ symptoms

Answer 11

poverty of speech

negative

Question 12

define avolition.

Answer 12

apathy, or the inability to initiate or persist in important activities

Question 13

Deficiency in the amount or content of speech, a disturbance often seen in people with schizophrenia, is referred to as ________.

Answer 13

alogia

Question 14

_______ is an inability to experience pleasure. This is associated with some schizophrenic and mood disorders

Answer 14

anhedonia

Question 15

define Asociality.

Answer 15

A lack of interest in or motivation for social interactions; a preference for solitary activities

Question 16

Apparently emotionless demeanour (including toneless speech and vacant gaze) when a reaction would be expected, is called _______.

Answer 16

flat affect

Question 17

what are disorganized symptoms?

Answer 17

The least understood symptoms of schizophrenia that include erratic behaviours that affect speech, motor behaviour, and emotional reactions.

Question 18

_____ is a style of talking often seen in people with schizophrenia that involves incoherence and a lack of typical logic patterns

Answer 18

disorganized speech

Question 19

emotional displays that are improper for the situation are called _________.

Answer 19

inappropriate affect

Question 20

define catatonic immobility

Answer 20

disturbance of motor behaviour in which the person remains motionless, sometimes in an awkward posture, for extended periods of time

Question 21

______ disorder is a psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but lasting less than six months

Answer 21

schizophreniform disorder

Question 22

__________ disorder is a psychotic disorder featuring symptoms of both schizophrenia and major mood disorder.

Answer 22

schizoaffective disorder

Question 23

_______ disorder is a psychotic disorder featuring a persistent belief contrary to reality (delusion) but no other symptoms of schizophrenia

Answer 23

delusion

Question 24

what is shared psychotic disorder? (folie a deux)

Answer 24

psychotic disturbances in which an individual develops delusion similar to that of a person with whom he or she shares a close relationship. Also called folie a deux.

Question 25

psychosis caused by the ingestion of medications, psychoactive drugs, or toxins, is called _______ disorder.

Answer 25

substance-induced psychotic disorder.

Question 26

explain a psychotic disorder due to another medical condition

Answer 26

this is a condition that is characterized by hallucinations or delusions and that is the direct result of another psychological disorder

Question 27

individuals with schizophrenia usually have larger _______. Abnormalities are also seen in the ________.

Answer 27

ventricles

prefrontal cortex