Psych Definitions

Question 1

Hallucination

Answer 1

Perception in the absence of a stimulus. Person believes to be real

Question 2

Pseudo-hallucination

Answer 2

Sensory experience vivid enough to be a hallucination, but recognized by the subject not to be real

Question 3

Illusion

Answer 3

False perception of a real stimulus.

Question 4

3 types of illusion

Answer 4

Affect, completion, pareidolia

Question 5

2nd person auditory hallucination

Answer 5

Subject hears voices talking directly to them (e.g. ‘you are going to die’

Question 6

3rd person auditory hallucination

Answer 6

Subject hears voices talking/ commenting on their actions. e.g. ‘he’s walking into the house’

Question 7

Pareidolia

Answer 7

Seeing shapes in inanimate objects (e.g. faces in clouds)

Question 8

Completion

Answer 8

The mind completes partial images

Question 9

Affect

Answer 9

Based on current affect. E.g. see a monster in the cupboard when scared

Question 10

Delusion

Answer 10

Fixed, unshakable belief that is held despite evidence to the contrary and cannot be explained by cultural or religious background

Question 11

Derealisation

Answer 11

To the subject the external world appears unreal. They are aware of this

Question 12

Positive symptoms

Answer 12

SOMETHING ADDED TO WHAT MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE.A cluster of psychotic symptoms including hallucinations and delusions

Question 13

Negative symptoms

Answer 13

THE LACK OF A NORMAL EXPERIENCE. A cluster of symptoms including poverty of speech, flat affect, poor motivation, poor attention and neglect

Question 14

Loosening of associations

Answer 14

Loss of structured thinking. Subject seems muddled

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Flight of ideas

Answer 15

Rapid flow of thought. Accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic. Often seen in mania

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Grandiose delusions

Answer 16

Delusions of having a higher status/ special powers/ secret mission

Question 17

Delusional perception

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Subject receives a normal perception but it’s interpreted with delusional meaning. E.g. ‘I know I’m the king as I saw the traffic light go green’

Question 18

Nihilistic delusions

Answer 18

Negative delusions of being dead/ decaying

Question 19

Thought insertion

Answer 19

Thoughts which are not believed to be the subject’s own infiltrate their mind

Question 20

Thought withdrawal

Answer 20

Subject believes their thoughts have been removed from their mind

Question 21

Thought broadcast

Answer 21

Subject believes their thoughts are being shared with others

Question 22

Delusion of control/ passivity

Answer 22

Subject believes their thoughts/ actions are being imposed/ controlled by an outside force

Question 23

Thought echo

Answer 23

Subject hears their own thoughts being spoken out loud

Question 24

Neologism

Answer 24

A new made up word with no meaning

Question 25

Perserveration

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Repetition of a particular response despite the absence/ cessation of the stimulus

Question 26

Psychosis

Answer 26

Loss of contact with reality