Personality Disorders - Abnormal
Psychology Exam Questions and
Answers
Schizophrenia - ANSWER-This form of psychosis includes disturbed thoughts,
emotions, and behaviours ...
Psychosis - ANSWER-This form of Psychopathology is a broad label for
hallucinations and delusions
Benedict Morel - ANSWER-This individual introduced dementia praecox, where
demence (loss of mind) and precoce (early onset) are defined
Emil Kraepelin - ANSWER-This individual used the term dementia and praecox to
focus on the generalized subtypes of schizophrenia
Eugen Bleuler - ANSWER-This individual introduced the term schizophrenia (splitting
the mind), where his observation showed this condition as being a separation of
different personality functions
Positive Symptoms - ANSWER-Active manifestations of abnormal behavior,
disortions of normal behavior
Delusions - ANSWER-Considered the most definitive feature of madness,
characterized by gross misrepresentations of reality, which include delusions of
grandeur or persecution
Hallucination - ANSWER-The experience of sensory events without environmental
input, may involve all senses
Negative Symptoms - ANSWER-The absence or insufficiency of normal behavior,
where a broad spectrum of symptoms is seen.
Avolition - ANSWER-Lack of initiation and persistence (negative symptom)
Alogia - ANSWER-Relative absence of speech (negative symptom)
Anhedonia - ANSWER-Lack of pleasure or indifference (negative symptom)
Affective flattening - ANSWER-Little expressed emotion (negative symptom)
Disorganized Symptoms - ANSWER-Severe and excess speech, behavior, and
emotion
, Cogntive Slippage - ANSWER-Illogical and incoherent speech
Tangentiality - ANSWER-"Going off on a tangent"
Loose Associations - ANSWER-Conversation in unrelated directions
Disorganized Affect - ANSWER-Inappropriate emotional behavior, which includes a
variety of unusual behaviors
Catatonia - ANSWER-The broad spectrum of disorganized behavior
Paranoid Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows intact cognitive
skills and affect, no signs of disorganized behavior. Hallucinations/Delusions include
grandeur or persecution (typical prognosis)
Disorganized Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows marked
disruptions in speech and behavior, flat or inappropriate affect, where
hallucinations/delusions tend to be fragmented
Catatonic Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows unusual motor
responses and odd mannerisms, which includes echolalia and echopraxia
Undifferentiated Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia is considered a
"wastebasket" category, which includes the major symptoms of Schizophrenia (the
individual fails to meet the criteria for another type)
Residual Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows one past episode of
schizophrenia, where the individual continues to display less extreme residual
symptoms
Schizophreniform Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows Schizophrenic
symptoms for a few months, associated with good premorbid functioning
Schizoaffective Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows symptoms of
schizophrenia and a mood disorder, where both disorders are independent of one
another
Delusional Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows delusions that are contrary to
reality, which lacks both positive and negative symptoms
Schizophrenic Delusions - ANSWER-This list of experiences includes erotomanic,
grandiose, jealousy, perseutory, and somatic...
Brief Psychotic Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows one or more positive
symptoms of schizophrenia, usually precipitated by extreme stress or trauma
Shared Psychotic Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows delusions from one
person manifesting in another person (little else is known)
Psychology Exam Questions and
Answers
Schizophrenia - ANSWER-This form of psychosis includes disturbed thoughts,
emotions, and behaviours ...
Psychosis - ANSWER-This form of Psychopathology is a broad label for
hallucinations and delusions
Benedict Morel - ANSWER-This individual introduced dementia praecox, where
demence (loss of mind) and precoce (early onset) are defined
Emil Kraepelin - ANSWER-This individual used the term dementia and praecox to
focus on the generalized subtypes of schizophrenia
Eugen Bleuler - ANSWER-This individual introduced the term schizophrenia (splitting
the mind), where his observation showed this condition as being a separation of
different personality functions
Positive Symptoms - ANSWER-Active manifestations of abnormal behavior,
disortions of normal behavior
Delusions - ANSWER-Considered the most definitive feature of madness,
characterized by gross misrepresentations of reality, which include delusions of
grandeur or persecution
Hallucination - ANSWER-The experience of sensory events without environmental
input, may involve all senses
Negative Symptoms - ANSWER-The absence or insufficiency of normal behavior,
where a broad spectrum of symptoms is seen.
Avolition - ANSWER-Lack of initiation and persistence (negative symptom)
Alogia - ANSWER-Relative absence of speech (negative symptom)
Anhedonia - ANSWER-Lack of pleasure or indifference (negative symptom)
Affective flattening - ANSWER-Little expressed emotion (negative symptom)
Disorganized Symptoms - ANSWER-Severe and excess speech, behavior, and
emotion
, Cogntive Slippage - ANSWER-Illogical and incoherent speech
Tangentiality - ANSWER-"Going off on a tangent"
Loose Associations - ANSWER-Conversation in unrelated directions
Disorganized Affect - ANSWER-Inappropriate emotional behavior, which includes a
variety of unusual behaviors
Catatonia - ANSWER-The broad spectrum of disorganized behavior
Paranoid Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows intact cognitive
skills and affect, no signs of disorganized behavior. Hallucinations/Delusions include
grandeur or persecution (typical prognosis)
Disorganized Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows marked
disruptions in speech and behavior, flat or inappropriate affect, where
hallucinations/delusions tend to be fragmented
Catatonic Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows unusual motor
responses and odd mannerisms, which includes echolalia and echopraxia
Undifferentiated Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia is considered a
"wastebasket" category, which includes the major symptoms of Schizophrenia (the
individual fails to meet the criteria for another type)
Residual Type - ANSWER-This subtype of Schizophrenia shows one past episode of
schizophrenia, where the individual continues to display less extreme residual
symptoms
Schizophreniform Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows Schizophrenic
symptoms for a few months, associated with good premorbid functioning
Schizoaffective Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows symptoms of
schizophrenia and a mood disorder, where both disorders are independent of one
another
Delusional Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows delusions that are contrary to
reality, which lacks both positive and negative symptoms
Schizophrenic Delusions - ANSWER-This list of experiences includes erotomanic,
grandiose, jealousy, perseutory, and somatic...
Brief Psychotic Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows one or more positive
symptoms of schizophrenia, usually precipitated by extreme stress or trauma
Shared Psychotic Disorder - ANSWER-This disorder shows delusions from one
person manifesting in another person (little else is known)
