Disorders of thought | Motor Activity | Preception | Mood | Speech | Memory | Concentration and Judgement | Mock Test | Staff Nurse | Guides Academy

Disorders of thought | Motor Activity | Preception | Mood | Speech | Memory | Concentration and Judgement | Mock Test | Staff Nurse | Guides Academy

Disorders of thought, motor activity, perception, mood, speech, memory, concentration and judgement.


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A client states, "The news anchor on TV is sending me secret messages through the broadcast." This is an example of what type of thought disorder?
[a] Delusion of grandeur.
[b] Delusion of reference.
[c] Auditory hallucination.
[d] Thought broadcasting.
A nurse observes a client with major depressive disorder moving, speaking, and reacting very slowly. This would be documented as:
[a] Psychomotor agitation.
[b] Waxy flexibility.
[c] Psychomotor retardation.
[d] Echopraxia.
A client reports hearing voices that command him to harm himself. This is an example of what type of perception disorder?
[a] Illusion.
[b] Visual hallucination.
[c] Auditory hallucination.
[d] Delusion.
A client with mania exhibits an excessively elevated and cheerful mood, stating "I feel like I'm on top of the world!" This mood state is best described as:
[a] Euthymic.
[b] Dysphoric.
[c] Euphoric.
[d] Anhedonic.
A client speaks extremely rapidly, jumping from one topic to another in a continuous, fragmented flow. This type of speech is known as:
[a] Alogia.
[b] Flight of ideas.
[c] Circumstantiality.
[d] Poverty of speech.
An individual with alcohol-related dementia invents elaborate, untrue stories to fill in gaps in their memory, believing these stories to be true. This is called:
[a] Amnesia.
[b] Déjà vu.
[c] Confabulation.
[d] Delusion.
A nurse is interviewing a client who is easily sidetracked by minor noises in the hallway and the sight of people walking past the door. This indicates a disorder of:
[a] Memory.
[b] Mood.
[c] Concentration.
[d] Perception.
To assess a client's judgment, which question would be most appropriate?
[a] "Who is the prime minister right now?"
[b] "Can you tell me today's full date?"
[c] "What does the saying 'don't cry over spilled milk' mean?"
[d] "What would you do if you found a stamped, addressed letter on the sidewalk?"
A client misinterprets a pattern on the wallpaper as a frightening face. This perceptual error is a(n):
[a] Illusion.
[b] Hallucination.
[c] Somatic delusion.
[d] Depersonalization.
A client with schizophrenia has a marked reduction in the amount and content of their speech. This is referred to as:
[a] Pressured speech.
[b] Alogia.
[c] Clang association.
[d] Verbigeration.
A client's emotional state shifts rapidly and without apparent reason from laughing to sobbing. This is described as a(n) ________ mood.
[a] Apathetic.
[b] Blunted.
[c] Labile.
[d] Euthymic.
A person who sustains a traumatic brain injury is unable to form new memories after the incident. This is known as:
[a] Retrograde amnesia.
[b] Anterograde amnesia.
[c] Dissociative amnesia.
[d] Confabulation.
A client feels compelled to repeatedly check if the door is locked, and this behavior significantly interferes with their daily life. The repetitive checking is a(n):
[a] Obsession.
[b] Tic.
[c] Compulsion.
[d] Mannerism.
A client believes that their thoughts are being broadcasted from their mind for others to hear. This is a delusion of:
[a] Thought insertion.
[b] Thought broadcasting.
[c] Thought withdrawal.
[d] Persecution.
A client who is withdrawing from alcohol shouts, "Get these bugs off me!" while frantically scratching their arms. This is a classic example of a(n) ________ hallucination.
[a] Visual.
[b] Auditory.
[c] Tactile.
[d] Olfactory.
A client with catatonia imitates the movements of the nurse. This motor abnormality is called:
[a] Stereotypy.
[b] Echopraxia.
[c] Waxy flexibility.
[d] Negativism.
A client reports a loss of interest and pleasure in all activities that they used to enjoy. This symptom is known as:
[a] Apathy.
[b] Anhedonia.
[c] Avolition.
[d] Alogia.
A client's speech is a completely disorganized and incomprehensible mixture of random words and phrases. This is best described as:
[a] Clang association.
[b] Flight of ideas.
[c] Word salad.
[d] Neologism.
A client reports feeling detached from their own mind and body, as if they are an outside observer of themselves. This is a disorder of perception called:
[a] Derealization.
[b] Jamais vu.
[c] Depersonalization.
[d] Illusion.
A client with catatonic schizophrenia holds their body in a rigid, fixed position for an extended period. This is an example of:
[a] A tic.
[b] Akathisia.
[c] Catalepsy.
[d] A compulsion.
When asked a question, a client gives excessive, irrelevant details and never returns to the original point. This thought process is called:
[a] Tangentiality.
[b] Circumstantiality.
[c] Loose association.
[d] Thought blocking.
A client's speech is governed by the sound of words rather than their meaning, such as "I sat on the mat. The cat is fat. That's that." This is known as:
[a] Echolalia.
[b] Clang association.
[c] Neologism.
[d] Word salad.
A client expresses a fixed, false belief that they have a terrible, fatal disease, despite all medical evidence to the contrary. This is a ________ delusion.
[a] Persecutory.
[b] Grandiose.
[c] Somatic.
[d] Erotomanic.
A client suddenly stops talking mid-sentence and cannot recall what they were saying. This is an example of:
[a] Poverty of speech.
[b] Loose association.
[c] Mutism.
[d] Thought blocking.
A client demonstrates poor decision-making by spending their entire paycheck on lottery tickets, leaving no money for rent or food. This is a clear deficit in:
[a] Memory.
[b] Perception.
[c] Concentration.
[d] Judgment.

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