Just before being placed in a psychiatric facility, Steve told Jane that he was going to "gwobble" her coat to the dry cleaners to get it "senft." What Steve meant was that he was going to take Jane's coat to the dry cleaners to get it dry cleaned. Such signs of thought disorders are known as
A. neologisms.
B. loose associations.
C. word salad.
D. syllogisms.
Answer: A
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