Mental Health Quiz #2 - SET 3: Positive and Negative
Sx Examples (Give name & Type (+ or -)) | Questions
and Answers
"I need to get a Band-Aid for my paper cut. My friend was talking about AIDS. Friends talk
about French fries and how can you trust the French?" ** Answ** Loose association;
positive
"On the track...I have a Big Mac...I like to snack on the racks" ** Answ** Clanging; positive
"Throat hoarse strength of policy dreadfully essential Brazilian highlighters on a boat reigning
supreme!" ** Answ** Word salad; positive
"I was going to tell him that the mannerologies of this hospital won't do" ** Answ**
Neologism; positive
Nurse: "Mary come get your medication"
Mary: "Mary come get your medication" ** Answ** Echolalia; positive
Nurse asks "Mary how was your breakfast"
Mary: "My day is going great, I got up to go do my hair and now I am making my bed" **
Answ** Circumstantiality; positive
Moving rapidly from one thought to the next, making it difficult for others to follow the
conversation ** Answ** Flight of ideas; positive
A reduction in the amount of "thinking" or an abrupt stoppage of thought that derails a
conversation ** Answ** thought blocking; positive
Patient has flat facial expression ** Answ** Affect; negative
Patient uses very minimal words when you speak to them. ** Answ** Alogia; negative
Patient appears very lethargic with lack of energy ** Answ** Anergia; negative
Patient seems to be lacking the enjoyment of pleasurable things ** Answ** Anhedonia;
negative
Sx Examples (Give name & Type (+ or -)) | Questions
and Answers
"I need to get a Band-Aid for my paper cut. My friend was talking about AIDS. Friends talk
about French fries and how can you trust the French?" ** Answ** Loose association;
positive
"On the track...I have a Big Mac...I like to snack on the racks" ** Answ** Clanging; positive
"Throat hoarse strength of policy dreadfully essential Brazilian highlighters on a boat reigning
supreme!" ** Answ** Word salad; positive
"I was going to tell him that the mannerologies of this hospital won't do" ** Answ**
Neologism; positive
Nurse: "Mary come get your medication"
Mary: "Mary come get your medication" ** Answ** Echolalia; positive
Nurse asks "Mary how was your breakfast"
Mary: "My day is going great, I got up to go do my hair and now I am making my bed" **
Answ** Circumstantiality; positive
Moving rapidly from one thought to the next, making it difficult for others to follow the
conversation ** Answ** Flight of ideas; positive
A reduction in the amount of "thinking" or an abrupt stoppage of thought that derails a
conversation ** Answ** thought blocking; positive
Patient has flat facial expression ** Answ** Affect; negative
Patient uses very minimal words when you speak to them. ** Answ** Alogia; negative
Patient appears very lethargic with lack of energy ** Answ** Anergia; negative
Patient seems to be lacking the enjoyment of pleasurable things ** Answ** Anhedonia;
negative
