AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A person experiencing avolition may withdraw from social contact and normal activities. They often have no enthusiasm and get little enjoyment from life. Their emotions may become dulled and conversations may be disjointed. Avolition is often mistaken as depression.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ventral striatum has a prominent role in reward processing. With strong connections with other emotion generators, this region (and especially the nucleus accumbens) is active during the anticipation and receipt of monetary and social rewards (Izuma, Saito, & Sadato, 2008; Knutson, Adams, Fong, & Hommer, 2001).

Detailed explanation-3: -The ventral striatum is critically involved in emotion processing and reward-based learning. In schizophrenia, task-fMRI studies on reward and emotion processing also revealed a link between activity changes in the ventral striatum and negative symptoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Avolition is often a symptom of schizophrenia, a mental disorder that affects how you think, feel, and act. It can also be a sign of severe depression or a side effect of certain medicines.