NSG-322 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅delusions and hallucinations, thought and
speech disturbances, catatonia
Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia (9) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅flat affect
alogia - can't think/talk
avolition - loss of motivation
apathy - lack of caring
angergia - little to no energy
anhedonia - little to no pleasure
asociality - social isolation
attention deficits
anosognosia - denial of the illness
hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the
absence of an external visual stimulus
(auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory)
illusions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅misperceptions of real external stimuli
derealization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅situation in which the individual loses a sense of the reality of the
external world
Depersonalization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nonspecific feeling of lost identity
Delusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false belief (conspiracies)
Echolalia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words.
, exhopraxia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅mimicking the movements of another
word salad - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅jumbled words
neogolism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅made up words
associative looseness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅illogical thinking
clang associations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅meaningless rhythmic patterns
waxy flexibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅maintenance of posture or position over time even when it is
awkward or uncomfortable
Stupor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility
What neurotransmitters are associated with Schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dopamine,
Serotonin and Glutamate
Phases of Schizophrenia: Prodromal Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pre-psychotic phase of illness
phase of Schizophrenia: Acute Phase 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inpatient stabilization. Meds +
interventions
What is the goal for Acute Phase 1 of Schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅crisis management
Phase of Schizophrenia: Stabilization Phase 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅transition to home and
community
Goal of Phase two of Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Compliance
Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅delusions and hallucinations, thought and
speech disturbances, catatonia
Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia (9) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅flat affect
alogia - can't think/talk
avolition - loss of motivation
apathy - lack of caring
angergia - little to no energy
anhedonia - little to no pleasure
asociality - social isolation
attention deficits
anosognosia - denial of the illness
hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the
absence of an external visual stimulus
(auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory)
illusions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅misperceptions of real external stimuli
derealization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅situation in which the individual loses a sense of the reality of the
external world
Depersonalization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nonspecific feeling of lost identity
Delusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false belief (conspiracies)
Echolalia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words.
, exhopraxia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅mimicking the movements of another
word salad - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅jumbled words
neogolism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅made up words
associative looseness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅illogical thinking
clang associations - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅meaningless rhythmic patterns
waxy flexibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅maintenance of posture or position over time even when it is
awkward or uncomfortable
Stupor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility
What neurotransmitters are associated with Schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Dopamine,
Serotonin and Glutamate
Phases of Schizophrenia: Prodromal Phase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅pre-psychotic phase of illness
phase of Schizophrenia: Acute Phase 1 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅inpatient stabilization. Meds +
interventions
What is the goal for Acute Phase 1 of Schizophrenia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅crisis management
Phase of Schizophrenia: Stabilization Phase 2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅transition to home and
community
Goal of Phase two of Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Compliance
