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Distinguish between positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and provide two examples of each type.
 
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A compulsion is a behavior that a person cannot keep from performing.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Positive symptoms represent additions to normal behaviors. Hallucinations are perceptions that occur in the absence of a sensory stimulus. Delusions are incorrect beliefs that are resistant to change. Negative symptoms are represented by behaviors that are missing, such as poverty of speech or flattened emotional response.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: TRUE





 

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