clinical psychology pt 5

Question 1

negative symptom

Answer 1

characterized by decreases and absences in certain normal behaviors, emotions, or drives, such as an expressionless face, lack of motivation to engage in activities, reduced speech, lack of social engagement, and inability to experience pleasure

Question 2

dopamine hypothesis

Answer 2

theory of schizophrenia that proposes that an overabundance of dopamine or dopamine receptors is responsible for the onset and maintenance of schizophrenia

Question 3

prodromal symptom

Answer 3

in schizophrenia, one of the early minor symptoms of psychosis