Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (A) | Alogia | (I) | Inability to start or complete a course of action |
| (B) | Avolition | (II) | Perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli |
| (C) | Neologism | (III) | Poverty of speech |
| (D) | Hallucinations | (IV) | Inventing new words or phrases |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
All four are symptoms of schizophrenia.
(A) Alogia — this matches (III) Poverty of speech. It is a negative symptom: a reduction in speech and speech content.
(B) Avolition — this matches (I) Inability to start or complete a course of action. Patients show apathy, a loss of will to begin or finish things; it too is a negative symptom.
(C) Neologism — this matches (IV) Inventing new words or phrases. It is one of the formal thought disorders that make communication extremely difficult.
(D) Hallucinations — this matches (II) Perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli. Auditory hallucinations, hearing voices, are the most common in schizophrenia.
NCERT (2025-26): “…These formal thought disorders can make communication extremely difficult. These include rapidly shifting from one topic to another so that the normal structure of thinking is muddled and becomes illogical (loosening of associations, derailment), inventing new words or phrases (neologisms), and persistent and inappropriate repetition of the same thoughts (perseveration).…” “…People with schizophrenia may have hallucinations, i.e. perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli.…” “…People with schizophrenia show alogia or poverty of speech, i.e. a reduction in speech and speech content.…” “…Also patients with schizophrenia experience avolition, or apathy and an inability to start or complete a course of action.…” |