AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -People with disorganized speech might speak incoherently, respond to questions with unrelated answers, say illogical things, or shift topics frequently. Signs of disorganized speech involve the following: Loose associations: Rapidly shifting between topics with no connections between topics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder showed quantifiable language disturbances; they spoke less, their articulation rate was slower and they used less complex sentences compared to the matched healthy controls. Language analysis can be a helpful aid in diagnosis.