NURS 4301 Exam 1 - Psychotic Symptoms Questions And
Correct Answers 100% Pass
affective lability - ANSWER abrupt, dramatic, unprovoked changes in types of emotions
expressed
aggression - ANSWER overt behavior intended to hurt, belittle, take revenge, or achieve
domination or control
agitation - ANSWER inability to sit still or attend to others accompanied by heightened
emotions and tension
agranulocytosis - ANSWER dangerously low level of circulating neutrophils
akathisia - ANSWER an extrapyramidal side effect characterized by inability to sit still or
restlessness
alogia - ANSWER reduced fluency and productivity of thought and speech
ambilvalence - ANSWER presence and expression of two opposing feelings, leading to
inaction
anhedonia - ANSWER inability to experience pleasure
anticholingergic crisis - ANSWER overdose or sensitivity to anticholinergic drugs;
characterized by symptoms associated with decreased parasympathetic activity
(decreased salivation, increased HR, etc)
apathy - ANSWER reactions to stimuli that are decreased along with diminished interest
and desire
, autistic thinking - ANSWER thinking restricted to the literal and immediate so that the
individual has private rules of logic and reasoning that make no sense to others
avolition - ANSWER withdrawal and inability to initiate and persist goal directed activity
catatonic excitement - ANSWER hyperactivity characterized by purposeless activity and
abnormal movements like grimacing and posturing
circumstantiality - ANSWER extremely detailed and lengthy discourse about a topic
clang association - ANSWER repetition of word phrases that are similar in sound, but in
no other way
command hallucination - ANSWER an auditory hallucination instructing the patient to
act in a certain way
concrete thinking - ANSWER lack of abstraction in thinking in which people are unable
to understand punch lines, metaphors, and analogies
confused speech and thinking - ANSWER symptoms of schizophrenia that render the
patient unable to respond accurately to ordinary signs and sounds of daily living
delusions - ANSWER erroneous fixed, false beliefs that cannot be changed by
reasonable argument
echolalia - ANSWER repetition of another's words that is parrot like and inappropriate
echopraxia - ANSWER involuntary imitation of another person's movements and
gestures
Correct Answers 100% Pass
affective lability - ANSWER abrupt, dramatic, unprovoked changes in types of emotions
expressed
aggression - ANSWER overt behavior intended to hurt, belittle, take revenge, or achieve
domination or control
agitation - ANSWER inability to sit still or attend to others accompanied by heightened
emotions and tension
agranulocytosis - ANSWER dangerously low level of circulating neutrophils
akathisia - ANSWER an extrapyramidal side effect characterized by inability to sit still or
restlessness
alogia - ANSWER reduced fluency and productivity of thought and speech
ambilvalence - ANSWER presence and expression of two opposing feelings, leading to
inaction
anhedonia - ANSWER inability to experience pleasure
anticholingergic crisis - ANSWER overdose or sensitivity to anticholinergic drugs;
characterized by symptoms associated with decreased parasympathetic activity
(decreased salivation, increased HR, etc)
apathy - ANSWER reactions to stimuli that are decreased along with diminished interest
and desire
, autistic thinking - ANSWER thinking restricted to the literal and immediate so that the
individual has private rules of logic and reasoning that make no sense to others
avolition - ANSWER withdrawal and inability to initiate and persist goal directed activity
catatonic excitement - ANSWER hyperactivity characterized by purposeless activity and
abnormal movements like grimacing and posturing
circumstantiality - ANSWER extremely detailed and lengthy discourse about a topic
clang association - ANSWER repetition of word phrases that are similar in sound, but in
no other way
command hallucination - ANSWER an auditory hallucination instructing the patient to
act in a certain way
concrete thinking - ANSWER lack of abstraction in thinking in which people are unable
to understand punch lines, metaphors, and analogies
confused speech and thinking - ANSWER symptoms of schizophrenia that render the
patient unable to respond accurately to ordinary signs and sounds of daily living
delusions - ANSWER erroneous fixed, false beliefs that cannot be changed by
reasonable argument
echolalia - ANSWER repetition of another's words that is parrot like and inappropriate
echopraxia - ANSWER involuntary imitation of another person's movements and
gestures
