AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Simple motor or phonic tics like eye blinking or throat clearing can usually be distinguished from compulsions by their relative brevity, lack of purpose, and typically involuntary nature.

Detailed explanation-2: -The motor (involving body movement) or vocal (involving sounds you make) tics of TS come and go over time, varying in type, frequency, location, and severity. If you have tics, you cannot stop your body from having them.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tic disorders differ from each other in terms of the type of tic present (motor or vocal, or a combination of both), and how long the symptoms have lasted. People with Tourette syndrome have both motor and vocal tics and have had tic symptoms for at least 1 year.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tics can be either simple or complex: • Simple Tics: Simple tics involve just a few parts of the body. Examples of simple tics include squinting the eyes or sniffing. Complex Tics: Complex tics usually involve several different parts of the body and can have a pattern.