Leonard suffers from schizophrenia and lives in an institution. One day he walked up to one of the staff members and said, "Humble ports on the window overlook flying dunk myriad nevertheless honcho overload." Leonard's speech is an example of ____
a. ?neologisms
b. ?word salad
c. ?delusions
d. ?loose associations
ANSWER:
b
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