Exam 3 NUR 314 Latest Test 2025-2026
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Bleuler's signs of Schizophrenia - Answer Affect- flat, blunted, inappropriate, or bizarre
Associative looseness- LOA-disorganized thinking and reasoning
Autism-delusion, hallucinations and neologisms; focused inward
Ambivalence-pathologic holding of opposing emotions, attitudes, ideas, wishes
S/s of schizophrenia - Answer Bleuler's signs of Schizophrenia
Schizophreniform-time difference
Adults: difficulty with social, occupational, and family; self-cares affected
Children-rare
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer -Florid (really evident) symptoms= admitted!
-Alterations in thinking: reality testing.
-Delusions: false fixed beliefs that can't be changed by reasoning; 75% experience
-Concrete thinking: they can't think abstractly. We test this with proverbs. Ask them why is the
grass always greener on the other side
-Alterations in Speech- Looseness of Association (makes people hard to follow)
-Neologisms (words that are made up or used in a different way than typically defined)
-Echolalia (repeat, repeat, repeat)
-Clang Associations: choose words based on sound rather than meaning
-Word salad: when words have no connection what-so-ever
-Paranoia-MOST DANGEROUS
-Circumstantiality (they will talk around your question)
-Tangentiality (convo veers off topic)
-Rapid or pressured speech (very rapidly speaking)
-Flight of ideas (off topic and you have no idea where they're going)
-Thought broadcasting (they believe people can hear their thoughts)
-Thought insertion/withdrawal/deletion (insertion: believe thoughts aren't their own; WD/del:
, -Stereotyped behavior (behavior with meaning to only the person)
-Waxy flexibility (holding position for a long time after being put in it)
-Negativism (resistance, doing the opposite)
-Impaired impulse control
-gesturing or posturing ( they maintain a position no one puts them in)
- boundary impairment
Types of hallucinations: - Answer -Auditory: 60% of schizophrenics have this at some point.
Voices OUTSIDE of head. Brain is activated as if external sounds. Misinterpretation of inner
thoughts. Command hallucinations.
-Visual: usually with alcohol withdrawal and dementia, but also seen with schizophrenia
-Olfactory, gustatory, tactile (more rare)
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia definition - Answer the presence of something that could
not be present. They include hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, disorganized or bizarre
thoughts, behavior or speech
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia definition - Answer the absence of something that
should be present. Negative symptoms include the inability to enjoy activities, social discomfort,
or lack of goal-directed behavior
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer -develop slowly and are those that most
interfere with a person's adjustment and ability to cope TABLE 12-2
-contribute to poor social functioning and social withdrawal
-Affect: flat or blunt; inappropriate; bizarre
-anergia (decreased energy)
-anhedonia (they don't take pleasure in activities)
-avolution (decreased motivation, decreased spontaneous activity)
-poverty of content (might say a lot of words; but very vague and doesn't have much meaning)
-poverty of speech (brief speech, 1 word)
-thought blocking (stop mid-sentence and don't know what they were gonna say)
Cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer Cognitive development stops when s/s appear
Questions with Correct Verified
Answers Rated A+.
Bleuler's signs of Schizophrenia - Answer Affect- flat, blunted, inappropriate, or bizarre
Associative looseness- LOA-disorganized thinking and reasoning
Autism-delusion, hallucinations and neologisms; focused inward
Ambivalence-pathologic holding of opposing emotions, attitudes, ideas, wishes
S/s of schizophrenia - Answer Bleuler's signs of Schizophrenia
Schizophreniform-time difference
Adults: difficulty with social, occupational, and family; self-cares affected
Children-rare
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer -Florid (really evident) symptoms= admitted!
-Alterations in thinking: reality testing.
-Delusions: false fixed beliefs that can't be changed by reasoning; 75% experience
-Concrete thinking: they can't think abstractly. We test this with proverbs. Ask them why is the
grass always greener on the other side
-Alterations in Speech- Looseness of Association (makes people hard to follow)
-Neologisms (words that are made up or used in a different way than typically defined)
-Echolalia (repeat, repeat, repeat)
-Clang Associations: choose words based on sound rather than meaning
-Word salad: when words have no connection what-so-ever
-Paranoia-MOST DANGEROUS
-Circumstantiality (they will talk around your question)
-Tangentiality (convo veers off topic)
-Rapid or pressured speech (very rapidly speaking)
-Flight of ideas (off topic and you have no idea where they're going)
-Thought broadcasting (they believe people can hear their thoughts)
-Thought insertion/withdrawal/deletion (insertion: believe thoughts aren't their own; WD/del:
, -Stereotyped behavior (behavior with meaning to only the person)
-Waxy flexibility (holding position for a long time after being put in it)
-Negativism (resistance, doing the opposite)
-Impaired impulse control
-gesturing or posturing ( they maintain a position no one puts them in)
- boundary impairment
Types of hallucinations: - Answer -Auditory: 60% of schizophrenics have this at some point.
Voices OUTSIDE of head. Brain is activated as if external sounds. Misinterpretation of inner
thoughts. Command hallucinations.
-Visual: usually with alcohol withdrawal and dementia, but also seen with schizophrenia
-Olfactory, gustatory, tactile (more rare)
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia definition - Answer the presence of something that could
not be present. They include hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, disorganized or bizarre
thoughts, behavior or speech
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia definition - Answer the absence of something that
should be present. Negative symptoms include the inability to enjoy activities, social discomfort,
or lack of goal-directed behavior
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer -develop slowly and are those that most
interfere with a person's adjustment and ability to cope TABLE 12-2
-contribute to poor social functioning and social withdrawal
-Affect: flat or blunt; inappropriate; bizarre
-anergia (decreased energy)
-anhedonia (they don't take pleasure in activities)
-avolution (decreased motivation, decreased spontaneous activity)
-poverty of content (might say a lot of words; but very vague and doesn't have much meaning)
-poverty of speech (brief speech, 1 word)
-thought blocking (stop mid-sentence and don't know what they were gonna say)
Cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia - Answer Cognitive development stops when s/s appear
