Question 65 · LEK · Thinking
The situation in which otherwise normal speech suddenly interrupts is called:
- A. alogia.
- B. thought blocking.
- C. derailment.
- D. word salad.
- E. thought incoherence.
Hint
The key words are 'otherwise normal' and 'suddenly': think of a flow of thought that stops abruptly rather than slows down or loses coherence.
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