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61) Disconnected speech is ________ common and ________ severe among younger patients with schizophrenia than among older patients with schizophrenia. A) less; less B) more; less C) less; more D) more; more 62) Which of the following is NOT true of thought disorders? A) Many but not all schizophrenics manifest thought disorder. B) Thought disorder has been found to exist in normal people. C) Thought disorder has been found to exist among other diagnostic groups, such as persons with mania. D) Thought disorder among schizophrenics tends to be short-lived and reversible. 63) Thought disorders in people with schizophrenia tend to be ________. A) short-lived and reversible B) persistent but reversible C) short-lived but recurrent D) persistent and recurrent 64) Speech that is coherent but limited in production or vague is known as _________. A) neologisms B) clanging C) perseveration of speech D) poverty of speech 65) Which of the following is NOT true of persons with schizophrenia? A) They appear to be hypervigilant. B) They suffer from attentional deficiencies. C) Their sensory deficits do not appear to run in families. D) They are less able than normal people to screen out or inhibit responses to extraneous sounds. 66) People with schizophrenia appear to have difficulty filtering out irrelevant distracting stimuli, a deficit that makes it nearly impossible to focus their ______ and organize their thoughts. A) thoughts B) cognitions C) attention D) responses 67) The most common form of perceptual disturbances in schizophrenia are ________. A) obsessions B) delusions C) compulsions D) hallucinations 68) Sensory images or disturbances that occur in the absence of external stimulation are called ________. A) obsessions B) compulsions C) delusions D) hallucinations 69) Hallucinations in people without psychiatric conditions are often triggered by __________. A) high levels of sensory stimulation B) low levels of sensory stimulation C) visual overload D) auditory incongruence 70) The most common types of hallucinations are ________. A) auditory B) visual C) tactile D) olfactory