Author Question: The negative symptom of schizophrenia called avolition is defined as a. inability to initiate and ... (Read 40 times)

beccaep · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The negative symptom of schizophrenia called avolition is defined as

a. inability to initiate and persist in activities.
b. inability to experience pleasure.
c. lack of emotional response, blank facial expression.
d. lack of speech content and/or slowed speech response.

Question 2

Results of research showing that auditory hallucinations are localized in the expressive speech area of the brain suggest that

a. these hallucinations are produced by the auditory nerve in the ear as well as the speech area of the brain.
b. people who are hallucinating think the voices of other people are actually their own.
c. a person who is hallucinating is actually listening to his/her own thoughts.
d. these hallucinations are related to the disorganized speech that occurs in schizophrenia.