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PSY 352 Final
vocab in the final exam
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/10/2008

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Alogia
Definition
Deficiency in the amount or content of speech, often a disturbance seen in people with schizophrenia.
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Agnosia
Definition
Inability to recognize and name objects; may be a symptom of dementia or other brain disorders
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Amnestic disorders
Definition
Organic disorders involving deteriortation in the ability to transfer information from short-to-long term memory, in the absence of other dementia symptoms, as a result of head trauma or drug abuse.
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Anhedonia
Definition
Inability to experience pleasure, associated with some mood and schizophrenic disorders.
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Aphasia
Definition
Impairment or loss of language skills resulting from brian damage caused by a stroke, Alzheimer's disease, or other illness or trauma
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Apraxia
Definition
Loss of motor skills (such as walking); one of the symptoms of dementia
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Asociality
Definition
A negative symptom of schizophrenia marked by an inability to form close relationships and to feel intimacy.
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