Schizophrenia (AP PSYCH) Study Guide Review with Solutions
a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized
schizophrenia and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inap-
propriate emotions and actions
This describes the symptoms of schizophrenia involving
positive symptoms
behavioral excesses, such as hallucinations and delusions
This describes symptoms of things that people with schiz-
negative symptoms ophrenia can't do anymore, such as read social cues and
respond appropriately
false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in
hallucinations
the absence of an external visual stimulus
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may
delusions
accompany psychotic disorders
a symptom of the paranoid type of schizophrenia which
delusions of persecution causes the sutterer to believe that people are trying to
harm him
an exaggerated false belief about one's importance,
delusion of grandeur
wealth, power, or talents
a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to
catatonic schizophrenia
remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
neurotransmitter that intensifies brain signals and may
excess of dopamine
explain positive symptoms like hallucinations.
flat attect A lack of emotional responsiveness
jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schiz-
Disorganised speech
ophrenia
The inability to create understandable and coherent
Disorganised thinking
thoughts.
Characterized mainly by the presence of delusions of per-
secution or grandeur and auditory hallucinations related
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a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized
schizophrenia and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inap-
propriate emotions and actions
This describes the symptoms of schizophrenia involving
positive symptoms
behavioral excesses, such as hallucinations and delusions
This describes symptoms of things that people with schiz-
negative symptoms ophrenia can't do anymore, such as read social cues and
respond appropriately
false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in
hallucinations
the absence of an external visual stimulus
false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may
delusions
accompany psychotic disorders
a symptom of the paranoid type of schizophrenia which
delusions of persecution causes the sutterer to believe that people are trying to
harm him
an exaggerated false belief about one's importance,
delusion of grandeur
wealth, power, or talents
a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to
catatonic schizophrenia
remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
neurotransmitter that intensifies brain signals and may
excess of dopamine
explain positive symptoms like hallucinations.
flat attect A lack of emotional responsiveness
jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schiz-
Disorganised speech
ophrenia
The inability to create understandable and coherent
Disorganised thinking
thoughts.
Characterized mainly by the presence of delusions of per-
secution or grandeur and auditory hallucinations related
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