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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 10 Problem 4TY

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Solution 1

Schizophrenic disorders are associated with the crazy behavior and the most common example is a delusion that is associated with false beliefs about the world. Symptoms include inappropriate emotion or effect, voice is monotonous, hallucinations, catatonic behavior and negative symptoms.

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Alogia is a negative symptom that is defined as the decreased quality or quantity of speech.

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Hence the option d is not correct.

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Positive symptoms in an individual suffering with schizophrenia are unusual thoughts, feelings and behaviors, delusions and persecutory delusions.

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Disorganized thinking is one positive symptoms of schizophrenia. If this is not treated it will leads to cognitive deterioration. Some of the examples of the cognitive deterioration are

• Loose associations

• Thought blocking

• Clang associations

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Loose associations as the name indicates these are the thoughts that have no logical connection to the next thought.

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Hence the option a is not correct.

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Thought blocking is the unusual long break during a conversation.

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Hence the option b is not correct.

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Clang associations means speech is governed by some words that look alike rather than the words that have meaning thus leading to a meaningless communication.

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Hence the correct option is .