Lesson 4.3.5.1

4.3.5.1 Symptoms of schizophrenia and issues in diagnosis Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Which of the following is classified as a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

    • Speech poverty
    • Anhedonia
    • Hallucinations
    • Avolition

  2. Which of the following is classified as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

    • Hallucinations
    • Delusions
    • Avolition
    • Disorganised speech

  3. Which term describes sensory experiences that occur without any real external stimulus?

    • Alogia
    • Avolition
    • Delusion
    • Hallucination

  4. Which term describes an unshakable false belief held despite clear contradictory evidence?

    • Delusion
    • Catatonia
    • Hallucination
    • Alogia

  5. Which term describes a severe lack of motivation to initiate and complete goal-directed tasks?

    • Hallucination
    • Avolition
    • Catatonia
    • Alogia

  6. Which term describes a significant reduction in the total quantity or content of speech?

    • Anhedonia
    • Speech poverty
    • Avolition
    • Delusion

  7. Which issue arises when a patient is diagnosed with schizophrenia alongside another medical condition?

    • Culture bias
    • Co-morbidity
    • Symptom overlap
    • Gender bias

  8. Which diagnostic issue occurs when different psychological disorders share identical symptoms?

    • Gender bias
    • Culture bias
    • Symptom overlap
    • Co-morbidity

  9. Which diagnostic issue occurs when culturally normal behaviours are wrongly interpreted as symptoms of schizophrenia?

    • Culture bias
    • Gender bias
    • Symptom overlap
    • Co-morbidity

  10. Which diagnostic issue occurs when clinicians apply different standards of diagnosis to men and women?

    • Gender bias
    • Co-morbidity
    • Symptom overlap
    • Culture bias

  11. Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

    • Speech poverty
    • Hallucinations
    • Anhedonia
    • Avolition

  12. Believing a television broadcast contains secret personal messages is an example of which symptom?

    • Auditory hallucination
    • Delusion of reference
    • Somatic hallucination
    • Delusion of grandeur

  13. What issue occurs when symptoms of schizophrenia are shared with another mental disorder?

    • Symptom overlap
    • Co-morbidity
    • Gender bias
    • Culture bias

  14. Reduced speech and a lack of motivation in schizophrenia are examples of which symptom type?

    • Psychotic symptoms
    • Cognitive symptoms
    • Positive symptoms
    • Negative symptoms

  15. What negative symptom of schizophrenia is characterised by a severe lack of motivation?

    • Delusions
    • Hallucinations
    • Avolition
    • Speech poverty

  16. A patient is diagnosed with both schizophrenia and depression. Which issue does this illustrate?

    • Co-morbidity
    • Culture bias
    • Symptom overlap
    • Gender bias

  17. Which negative symptom of schizophrenia is characterised by reduced emotional expression?

    • Delusions
    • Speech poverty
    • Affective flattening
    • Avolition

  18. What issue arises when diagnostic criteria developed in one culture are applied to another?

    • Gender bias
    • Culture bias
    • Symptom overlap
    • Co-morbidity

  19. Which measure of diagnostic reliability assesses whether two clinicians reach the same diagnosis?

    • Criterion validity
    • Inter-rater reliability
    • Test-retest reliability
    • Predictive validity

  20. Which symptom is most likely to be described as a 'loss' of normal function?

    • Delusion of persecution
    • Thought insertion
    • Auditory hallucination
    • Avolition

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