Explanation
•Avolition refers to the impairment of motivation or the ability to initiate goal-directed activity.
•The symptoms of schizophrenia are divided into positive and negative symptoms.
•Positive symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and grossly disorganized thinking, speech, and behavior.
•Negative symptoms include a flat affect, avolition, and social withdrawal or discomfort.
•Word salad is when a group of words are put together in a random fashion without a logical connection.
•Tangentiality is when a person's speech deviates from the subject and is not relevant.
•Perseveration is when a person repeats the same word or idea in response to different questions.