Schizophrenia (NCLEX): Positive vs Negative Symptoms

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2. Affective flattening and poverty of speech are classified as which type of symptoms in schizophrenia?

Positive symptoms

Negative symptoms

Cognitive symptoms

Psychomotor symptoms

3. True or False: Catatonia and waxy flexibility are negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

True

False

4. Which characteristic distinguishes negative from positive symptoms?

Negative symptoms are more treatable

Positive symptoms involve loss of normal function

Negative symptoms involve diminishment or loss of normal experiences

Positive symptoms only occur during acute episodes

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7. Which symptom represents an abnormal addition to normal experience in schizophrenia?

Flat affect

Command hallucinations

Social isolation

Poverty of thought

8. True or False: Negative symptoms include disorganized speech and bizarre behavior.

True

False

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10. True or False: Positive symptoms are easier to treat with antipsychotic medications than negative symptoms.

True

False

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12. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include loss of normal functioning. Which is NOT a negative symptom?

Avolition

Anhedonia

Delusion of persecution

Alogia

13. Which symptom is classified as a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

Auditory hallucinations

Social withdrawal

Flat affect

Alogia

14. Disorganized speech patterns in schizophrenia are classified as which type of symptom?

Negative symptom

Positive symptom

Cognitive deficit

Affective symptom

15. True or False: Negative symptoms typically respond better to first-generation antipsychotics than positive symptoms.

True

False

16. Which symptom involves a fixed, false belief that is resistant to change?

Hallucination

Delusion

Looseness of association

Catatonia

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19. Which of the following best describes alogia?

Lack of motivation to initiate activities

Poverty of speech with brief, empty responses

Loss of ability to experience pleasure

Belief that others are plotting against you

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Schizophrenia Quiz: Positive or Negative Symptoms?

1. A patient reports hearing voices telling them to harm others. This is an example of a ______ symptom.

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2. Affective flattening and poverty of speech are classified as which type of symptoms in schizophrenia?

3. True or False: Catatonia and waxy flexibility are negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

4. Which characteristic distinguishes negative from positive symptoms?

5. A nursing assessment reveals the patient experiences visual hallucinations and paranoid ideation. These represent ______ symptoms.

6. Apathy and emotional withdrawal are examples of ______ symptoms in schizophrenia.

7. Which symptom represents an abnormal addition to normal experience in schizophrenia?

8. True or False: Negative symptoms include disorganized speech and bizarre behavior.

9. A patient believes they are a famous celebrity being followed by the FBI. This is classified as a ______ symptom.

10. True or False: Positive symptoms are easier to treat with antipsychotic medications than negative symptoms.

11. A patient with schizophrenia displays a blank facial expression and speaks in a monotone voice. These are examples of ______ symptoms.

12. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia include loss of normal functioning. Which is NOT a negative symptom?

13. Which symptom is classified as a positive symptom of schizophrenia?

14. Disorganized speech patterns in schizophrenia are classified as which type of symptom?

15. True or False: Negative symptoms typically respond better to first-generation antipsychotics than positive symptoms.

16. Which symptom involves a fixed, false belief that is resistant to change?

17. A patient demonstrates tangentiality, jumping from topic to topic without reaching the point. This is a ______ symptom.

18. A patient with schizophrenia stops attending work and neglects personal hygiene due to lack of motivation. This demonstrates ______ symptom.

19. Which of the following best describes alogia?

20. Anhedonia refers to ______ in schizophrenia.