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Siomopoulos, Gregory – Adolescence, 1980
Describes a typical disturbance of affectivity in adolescent schizophrenics in which the patient relates to the people around him or her in a superficial, socially acceptable, receptionist-like manner. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Case Studies, Personality Theories
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Moore, Michael – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1996
Considers that Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22" represents an inventory of the major pathologies of thought and communication. Uses excerpts from the novel to show the various communicational maneuvers (such as denying reality, absolute literalness, and circular reasoning) that characterize schizophrenic transactions. (PA)
Descriptors: Characterization, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Role, Literary Criticism