For the first two weeks after starting college, a student can't seem to talk coherently and is generally unresponsive to the moods of other students in the same dorm. Soon, the student resumes normal patterns of speaking and social interaction. This is an example of:

A) schizoaffective disorder.
B) catatonic schizophrenia.
C) schizophreniform disorder.
D) brief psychotic disorder.

Ans: D) brief psychotic disorder.

Psychology

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a. syntax b. pragmatics c. semantics d. flouting

Psychology

People with ________ mental retardation are slow to develop language skills, and their motor development is also affected, although they are capable of learning occupational and social skills and can learn to travel independently to familiar places

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

Psychology