A Symptom Commonly Seen in _____ Is Called Flat Affect

question 145

Multiple Choice

A symptom commonly seen in _____ is called flat affect, in which the person responds in an emotionally flat way that is lacking in normal facial and verbal expressions.

• A)psychoses
• B)dissociative disorders
• C)nervous breakdowns
• D)paraphilias

Understand the nature of listening and its components, including remembering and filtering.

Know the characteristics of effective voice mail communication.

Understand the impact of nonverbal communication, including space language and gestures, on interpersonal interactions.

Identify strategies for active listening and focusing attention in communication contexts.

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Definitions:

Cooing

A soft murmuring or cooing sound, often associated with infants as an early form of vocalization.

Visual Recognition Memory

The kind of memory shown in an infant’s ability to discriminate previously seen objects from novel objects.

Verbal Expression

The ability to convey thoughts, feelings, or information through spoken language, involving a wide range of vocabulary and grammatical structures.

Consonants

Speech sounds produced by obstructing the flow of air at one place or another along the path of the airflow from the vocal folds.