When the Nurse Asks a Patient, "How Are You?" the Patient

question 2

Multiple Choice

When the nurse asks a patient, "How are you?" the patient states, "I am fine." As the patient turns away, she is crying. This is an example of

• A) nonverbal communication.
• B) incongruence.
• C) proxemics.
• D) congruence.

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Definitions:

Alogia

A term used in psychiatry to describe a poverty of speech, where an individual produces brief and unelaborated responses during conversation.

Poverty of Speech

A reduction in the amount of spontaneous speech, often seen in various psychiatric and neurological conditions.

Loss of Volition

A decrease in the motivation or ability to make decisions or initiate voluntary action, often a symptom of psychological disorders.

Prodromal Phase

The period during which the symptoms of schizophrenia are not yet prominent, but the person has begun to deteriorate from previous levels of functioning.