NU 664C Psychotic Disorders and
Schizophrenia UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Psychotic Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Mental disorders characterized by impaired
reality perception.
Positive Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER Observable abnormal behaviors during
psychotic episodes.
Negative Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER Absence of normal behaviors and functions.
Cognitive Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER Impairments in attention, memory, and
executive function.
Hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER Perceptions without external stimuli, e.g., hearing
voices.
Delusions - CORRECT ANSWER Strongly held false beliefs despite contradictory
evidence.
Affective Flattening - CORRECT ANSWER Reduced emotional expression and facial
responsiveness.
Alogia - CORRECT ANSWER Poverty of speech or content in communication.
Avolition - CORRECT ANSWER Lack of motivation to initiate or sustain activities.
Anhedonia - CORRECT ANSWER Inability to experience pleasure from activities.
, Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER Chronic mental disorder with various psychotic
symptoms.
Schizoaffective Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Mood disorder with concurrent
schizophrenia symptoms.
Schizophreniform Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Short-term schizophrenia symptoms
lasting 1-6 months.
Brief Psychotic Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Sudden onset of psychotic symptoms
lasting less than a month.
Capgras Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER Belief that a familiar person has been
replaced.
Limbic System - CORRECT ANSWER Brain region involved in emotion and memory
processing.
Neurotransmitters - CORRECT ANSWER Chemicals affecting communication between
neurons.
Catatonia - CORRECT ANSWER Motor dysfunction including stupor and posturing.
Late-Onset Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER Schizophrenia symptoms appearing
after age 45.
Diagnosis Duration - CORRECT ANSWER Symptoms must persist for 6 months for
DSM-5.
Schizophrenia UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Psychotic Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER Mental disorders characterized by impaired
reality perception.
Positive Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER Observable abnormal behaviors during
psychotic episodes.
Negative Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER Absence of normal behaviors and functions.
Cognitive Symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER Impairments in attention, memory, and
executive function.
Hallucinations - CORRECT ANSWER Perceptions without external stimuli, e.g., hearing
voices.
Delusions - CORRECT ANSWER Strongly held false beliefs despite contradictory
evidence.
Affective Flattening - CORRECT ANSWER Reduced emotional expression and facial
responsiveness.
Alogia - CORRECT ANSWER Poverty of speech or content in communication.
Avolition - CORRECT ANSWER Lack of motivation to initiate or sustain activities.
Anhedonia - CORRECT ANSWER Inability to experience pleasure from activities.
, Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER Chronic mental disorder with various psychotic
symptoms.
Schizoaffective Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Mood disorder with concurrent
schizophrenia symptoms.
Schizophreniform Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Short-term schizophrenia symptoms
lasting 1-6 months.
Brief Psychotic Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER Sudden onset of psychotic symptoms
lasting less than a month.
Capgras Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER Belief that a familiar person has been
replaced.
Limbic System - CORRECT ANSWER Brain region involved in emotion and memory
processing.
Neurotransmitters - CORRECT ANSWER Chemicals affecting communication between
neurons.
Catatonia - CORRECT ANSWER Motor dysfunction including stupor and posturing.
Late-Onset Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWER Schizophrenia symptoms appearing
after age 45.
Diagnosis Duration - CORRECT ANSWER Symptoms must persist for 6 months for
DSM-5.
