PsychologyPsychological Disorders

Assertion (A): People with schizophrenia move less spontaneously or m…

Assertion (A): People with schizophrenia move less spontaneously or make odd grimaces and gestures.

Reason (R): When the psychomotor symptoms shown by people with schizophrenia are less severe, it is known as catatonia.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is not correct.

Statement
Assertion (A): People with schizophrenia move less spontaneously or make odd grimaces and gestures. True.
Reason (R): When the psychomotor symptoms shown by people with schizophrenia are less severe, it is known as catatonia. False. The statement reverses the severity. Catatonia is the name used when these psychomotor symptoms take an extreme form, and catatonic stupor, catatonic rigidity and catatonic posturing are its kinds.

NCERT (2026-27): “Symptoms of Schizophrenia …
People with schizophrenia also show psychomotor symptoms. They move less spontaneously or make odd grimaces and gestures. These symptoms may take extreme forms known as catatonia. People in a catatonic stupor remain motionless and silent for long stretches of time. Some show catatonic rigidity, i.e. maintaining a rigid, upright posture for hours. Others exhibit catatonic posturing, i.e. assuming awkward, bizarre positions for long periods of time.”