Author Question: When asked to explain the meaning of the saying strike while the iron is hot, a patient with the ... (Read 206 times)

kfurse · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

When asked to explain the meaning of the saying strike while the iron is hot, a patient with the diagnosis of schizophrenia responds, it means don't iron over your hands and don't strike anybody before you cast the first stone.

This type of response is an example of
a) delusional thinking.
b) thought broadcasting.
c) an olfactory hallucination.
d) loosening of associations.

Question 2

Ideas that shift from one topic to another in a seemingly unrelated way
are often apparent in a type of disordered speech called

a) delusional thinking.
b) referential thinking.
c) poverty of content.
d) loosening of associations.