AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Schizophrenia involves a range of problems with thinking (cognition), behavior and emotions. Signs and symptoms may vary, but usually involve delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech, and reflect an impaired ability to function.

Detailed explanation-2: -Five constructs (the 5 “A”) were identified as negative symptoms namely affect (blunted), alogia, anhedonia, asociality, and avolition and were clustered into two factors: one including blunted affect and alogia and the other consisting of anhedonia, avolition, and asociality (Table 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -The symptoms of disorganized thoughts and behavior are known as hebephrenia. Hebephrenia is characterized by disorganized behavior and speech and includes disturbance in emotional expression.

Detailed explanation-4: -Disorganized Symptoms A person who is experiencing disorganized schizophrenia symptoms may show any of the following: Problems with routine tasks like dressing, bathing, and brushing teeth. Showing emotions that are not appropriate to the situation. Blunted or flat affect.