NUR401 Exam Questions with Answers
Schizophrenia - ✔✔defined as a psychosis characterized by abnormalities in perception,
content of thought, and thought processes, and extensive withdrawal of one's interest from
people and the outside world
Pyschosis - ✔✔a state in which the individual is experiencing hallucinations, delusions, or
disorganized thought, speech, or behavior
men - ✔✔schizophrenia usually starts in the late teens to early 20s for (male or female)
female - ✔✔schizophrenia usually starts in the early 20s to 30s for (male or female)
Positive symptoms - ✔✔symptoms of schizophrenia, includes hallucinations, delusions,
disorganized behavior, disorganized speech
Hallucinations - ✔✔perceptual experiences that occur without actual external stimuli, they
include all 5 senses (auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, and gustatory)
Delusions - ✔✔erroneous fixed beliefs that cannot be changed by reasonable argument
Grandiose - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief they have exceptional powers,
wealth, skills, influence, or destiny
Nihilistic - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief they are dead or a disaster is
impending
Persecutory - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief they are being watched, plotted
against, or ridiculed
, Somatic - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief about abnormalities in body function of
structure. ex. they have cancer even though they do not
Religious - ✔✔type of delusion in which one believes they have a special relationship with God
or are on a mission for God, or that they are sinners
Referential - ✔✔type of delusion in which one believes that newspaper articles, TV shows, or
song lyrics are directed specifically at them
Thought blocking - ✔✔type of distorted thought, in the middle of talking about his childhood,
the patient abruptly pauses, after which he can't remember what he's saying
Thought broadcasting - ✔✔type of distorted thought, "I know you know what i'm thinking,
everybody hears what I'm thinking"
Thought withdrawal - ✔✔type of distorted thought, the man continually blames his poor
memory on government agents who he claims are able to steal his thoughts
Thought insertion - ✔✔types of distorted thought, the patient repeatedly complains of having
disturbingly violent thoughts, which, she claims are being sent to satan
Circumstantiality - ✔✔type of disorganized speech, extremely detailed and lengthy talk about a
topic but gets eventually to the point
Tangentiality - ✔✔type of disorganized speech, extremely detailed and lengthy talk about a
topic but usually doesn't get to the point
Loose associations - ✔✔type of disorganized speech, absence of normal consecutiveness of
thoughts, ideas, and topics
Schizophrenia - ✔✔defined as a psychosis characterized by abnormalities in perception,
content of thought, and thought processes, and extensive withdrawal of one's interest from
people and the outside world
Pyschosis - ✔✔a state in which the individual is experiencing hallucinations, delusions, or
disorganized thought, speech, or behavior
men - ✔✔schizophrenia usually starts in the late teens to early 20s for (male or female)
female - ✔✔schizophrenia usually starts in the early 20s to 30s for (male or female)
Positive symptoms - ✔✔symptoms of schizophrenia, includes hallucinations, delusions,
disorganized behavior, disorganized speech
Hallucinations - ✔✔perceptual experiences that occur without actual external stimuli, they
include all 5 senses (auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, and gustatory)
Delusions - ✔✔erroneous fixed beliefs that cannot be changed by reasonable argument
Grandiose - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief they have exceptional powers,
wealth, skills, influence, or destiny
Nihilistic - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief they are dead or a disaster is
impending
Persecutory - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief they are being watched, plotted
against, or ridiculed
, Somatic - ✔✔type of delusion in which one has a belief about abnormalities in body function of
structure. ex. they have cancer even though they do not
Religious - ✔✔type of delusion in which one believes they have a special relationship with God
or are on a mission for God, or that they are sinners
Referential - ✔✔type of delusion in which one believes that newspaper articles, TV shows, or
song lyrics are directed specifically at them
Thought blocking - ✔✔type of distorted thought, in the middle of talking about his childhood,
the patient abruptly pauses, after which he can't remember what he's saying
Thought broadcasting - ✔✔type of distorted thought, "I know you know what i'm thinking,
everybody hears what I'm thinking"
Thought withdrawal - ✔✔type of distorted thought, the man continually blames his poor
memory on government agents who he claims are able to steal his thoughts
Thought insertion - ✔✔types of distorted thought, the patient repeatedly complains of having
disturbingly violent thoughts, which, she claims are being sent to satan
Circumstantiality - ✔✔type of disorganized speech, extremely detailed and lengthy talk about a
topic but gets eventually to the point
Tangentiality - ✔✔type of disorganized speech, extremely detailed and lengthy talk about a
topic but usually doesn't get to the point
Loose associations - ✔✔type of disorganized speech, absence of normal consecutiveness of
thoughts, ideas, and topics
