14. Psychological Disorders

The term _____ means that a person is unable to distinguish between reality and fantasy and experiences disturbances in thinking, emotions, and behavior.

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia appear to reflect a decrease of normal functioning, such as

The term dementia praecox at one time referred to the disorder now known as

A delusion of reference best characterizes disordered thinking when an individual with schizophrenia believes

_____, such as hearing voices or seeing things that are not really there, are not uncommon in someone who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Lower levels of dopamine produced by the _____ are associated with attention deficits and poor organization of thought, two negative symptoms of schizophrenia.