Mental Health Terminology Quiz

Receptive aphasia is also known as aphasia.

aphasia is the inability to name things.

Someone who is stuck on a thought is called .

speech is fast and rapid speech.

A decrease or absence in speech is called of speech.

Another term similar to poverty to speech is called .

Someone who is intentionally refusing to communicate is .

describes someone who talks a lot.

Someone who talks and makes sense, but does not say anything substantive is called poverty of .

mutism is someone who is able to speak in some situations, but not other ones, such as due to stress.

A broad term for speech that is not organized is called speech.

A parrot is known to exhibit for copying someone’s speech.

Similarly, copying someone’s movements is called .

“Spork” is an example of a .

Lack of movement is described by .

Repetitive, ritualistic movements such as rocking back and forth is called .

describe involuntary movements or speech such as eye twitches that may be suppressible.

Someone who knows their name, place, time, and event is said to be .

is not the same as orientation.

A is a prolonged state of unconsciousness.

Confusion is a milder form of .

A or a state is characterized by being disconnected from reality.

Someone who may get confused at a certain time of day is said to be .

A defense mechanism used to choose to pay attention to certain environmental stimuli is called attention.

A is a state of minimal awareness to the environment.

Someone who is in a state of has decreased awareness functioning or awareness, but are still conscious.

Someone who lacks energy is described as having .

An elated high-energy state is called .

The opposite of depression is .

A affect is the lowest of affects.

describes a lack of pleasure in activities.

is a persistent depressive disorder in the DSM.

Someone who is crying one minute and laughing the next is said to be .

Emotional incontinence is known as affect.

is when someone’s emotions are transferred onto another’s.

is the inability to interpret sensory input from the environment.

Someone who cannot perform RAM and has poor coordination in the hands has .

involves detachment from one’s self and thinking they are unreal.

is the same, but thinking the environment is not real.

Someone who is in a state is characterized by lost of one’s autobiographical information.

Someone with thinking has difficulty thinking abstractly.

of ideas describes rapid changes in or shifts in thoughts.

A child who believes in Santa Caus has thinking.

is when someone misremembers events and believes them to be true.