Juan suffers from schizophrenia. One of his symptoms is that while talking to others, Juan will
string words together on the basis of rhyming, without regard to the meaning of the words.
As
a result, many of his "clever little poems" lack any comprehensible meaning to his listeners.
When Juan does this he is engaging in ______.
a. blocking c. neologisms
b. clanging d. perseveration
B
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