PITT NURSING 1060 PSYCH EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE | COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Positive Schizophrenia Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Having a symptom that others do not -
hallucinations, delusions, illusions
Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Lacking something that others normally have -
anhedonia, amotivation, flat/restricted/blunted affect
Time - ANS ✔✔Psychotic disorders are organized in ascending order by ________;
Delusional Disorder - ANS ✔✔A disorder characterized by exclusively having delusions
Schizoaffective - ANS ✔✔Mood disorder fluctuations with psychotic episodes occurring
independently of the mood disorder waves
Mood Disorders - ANS ✔✔Mood episodes and fluctuations; has peaks and troughs
Brief Psychotic Disorder - ANS ✔✔Positive, negative, or cognitive sx for < 30 days
Schizophreniform Disorder - ANS ✔✔Positive, negative, or cognitive sx for > 30 days && <
6months
Schizophrenia - ANS ✔✔Positive, negative, or cognitive sx for > 6 months; lifelong, remittable,
incurable
Cognitive Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Lacking normal information processing, concrete thoughts,
difficulty comprehending images
, Dopamine Hypothesis - ANS ✔✔Imbalance of dopamine levels in different regions will cause
symptoms r/t the region affected
Typical Anti-Psychotic MoA - ANS ✔✔Reduces amount of dopamine being used - therefore
works well on positive symptoms
Typical Anti-Psychotic Side Effects - ANS ✔✔Anticholinergic effects, orthostatic hypotension,
hyperprolactinemia and galactorrhea, EPS
Anticholinergic Effects - ANS ✔✔Blurred vision, urine retention, constipation, dry mouth
EPS (Extrapyramidal Sx) - ANS ✔✔Akathesia, Akinesia, Dystonia, Pseudoparkinsonianism,
Tardive Dyskinesia
Akathesia - ANS ✔✔Restless muscles, fidgeting, disomfort
Akinesia - ANS ✔✔Lacking movement - drooping lips, tongue hangs out, difficult to produce
movement
Dystonia - ANS ✔✔Abnormal muscle tone, twitches, tremors
Pseudoparkinsonianism - ANS ✔✔Shuffling gait, stooped, Parkinson's - esque
Tardive Dyskinesia - ANS ✔✔Irreversible, permanent solidification of Akathesia, Akinesia,
Dystonia, Pseudoparkinsonianism; measured with AIMS
AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Positive Schizophrenia Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Having a symptom that others do not -
hallucinations, delusions, illusions
Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Lacking something that others normally have -
anhedonia, amotivation, flat/restricted/blunted affect
Time - ANS ✔✔Psychotic disorders are organized in ascending order by ________;
Delusional Disorder - ANS ✔✔A disorder characterized by exclusively having delusions
Schizoaffective - ANS ✔✔Mood disorder fluctuations with psychotic episodes occurring
independently of the mood disorder waves
Mood Disorders - ANS ✔✔Mood episodes and fluctuations; has peaks and troughs
Brief Psychotic Disorder - ANS ✔✔Positive, negative, or cognitive sx for < 30 days
Schizophreniform Disorder - ANS ✔✔Positive, negative, or cognitive sx for > 30 days && <
6months
Schizophrenia - ANS ✔✔Positive, negative, or cognitive sx for > 6 months; lifelong, remittable,
incurable
Cognitive Symptoms - ANS ✔✔Lacking normal information processing, concrete thoughts,
difficulty comprehending images
, Dopamine Hypothesis - ANS ✔✔Imbalance of dopamine levels in different regions will cause
symptoms r/t the region affected
Typical Anti-Psychotic MoA - ANS ✔✔Reduces amount of dopamine being used - therefore
works well on positive symptoms
Typical Anti-Psychotic Side Effects - ANS ✔✔Anticholinergic effects, orthostatic hypotension,
hyperprolactinemia and galactorrhea, EPS
Anticholinergic Effects - ANS ✔✔Blurred vision, urine retention, constipation, dry mouth
EPS (Extrapyramidal Sx) - ANS ✔✔Akathesia, Akinesia, Dystonia, Pseudoparkinsonianism,
Tardive Dyskinesia
Akathesia - ANS ✔✔Restless muscles, fidgeting, disomfort
Akinesia - ANS ✔✔Lacking movement - drooping lips, tongue hangs out, difficult to produce
movement
Dystonia - ANS ✔✔Abnormal muscle tone, twitches, tremors
Pseudoparkinsonianism - ANS ✔✔Shuffling gait, stooped, Parkinson's - esque
Tardive Dyskinesia - ANS ✔✔Irreversible, permanent solidification of Akathesia, Akinesia,
Dystonia, Pseudoparkinsonianism; measured with AIMS
