When his charge nurse asks how he is feeling today, Merwyn looks up at her and says "pretty chewywaca." She smiles and says, "I'm glad to hear that," and leaves his room. Merwyn's use of a made up word is a symptom of schizophrenia called
A. neologisms.
B. perseveration.
C. clang associations.
D. tangentiality.
Answer: A
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a. The patient's behavior must reflect a lack of impulse control. b. The patient must experience mild irritability. c. Signs of psychosis must be present. d. The person's behavior problems must cause them distress or impairment.
Learning to make a response in order to postpone or prevent discomfort is known as
a. avoidance learning. b. escape learning. c. latent learning. d. respondent conditioning.
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the measures (a) MMPI, Environmental Stress Inventory, California Scale to Assess Depression (b) List of Recent Experiences, 10-item Perceived Stress Scale, Affect Intensity Measure (c) Sleep-Cycle Scale, Eating Habits Self Report, Overall Function Inventory (d) Measure of Social Support, Perceived Life Roles Inventory, Occupational Stress Scale
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a. John is too old for dissociative identity disorder. b. Symptoms cannot be attributable to the physiological effects of a substance. c. Dissociative identity disorder is more common in females. d. Men typically deny these symptoms when they see a mental health professional.