PSY 281 Online Extra Credit Opportunity

PSY 281 Online Extra Credit Opportunity (50 Possible Extra Credit Points)
Watch the movie A Beautiful Mind (2001) about John Nash and write an essay answering the following questions:
Define and discuss the Positive, Negative, and Psychomotor symptoms of Schizophrenia:
What are Positive symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Define each of the following examples of Positive symptoms of Schizophrenia:
Delusions (and types of Delusions: Persecution, Reference, Grandeur, and Control)
Disorganized Thinking and Speech (Loose Associations/Derailment, Neologisms, Perseveration, and Clang)
Heightened Perceptions
Hallucinations
Inappropriate Affect
As you watch the movie, note any behaviors/thoughts/feelings John Nash has that you believe would be examples of the Positive symptoms you discussed above.
Discuss your observations and specifically detail why you believe those Positive symptoms were present in John Nash. Give your examples and explain them fully.
What are Negative symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Define each of the following examples of Negative symptoms of Schizophrenia:
Poverty of Speech/Alogia
Restricted Affect (Blunted Affect or Flat Affect)
Loss of Volition (Avolition or Ambivalence)
Social Withdrawal
As you watch the movie, note any behaviors/thoughts/feelings John Nash has that you believe would be examples of the Negative symptoms you discussed above.
Discuss your observations and specifically detail why you believe those Negative symptoms were present in John Nash. Give your examples and explain them fully.
What are Psychomotor symptoms of Schizophrenia?
Define each of the following examples of Psychomotor symptoms of Schizophrenia:
Awkward Movements
Repeated Grimaces
Odd Gestures
Catatonia (and types of Catatonia: Catatonic Stupor, Catatonic Rigidity, and Catatonic Excitement)
As you watch the movie, note any behaviors/thoughts/feelings John Nash has that you believe would be examples of the Psychomotor symptoms you discussed above.
Discuss your observations and specifically detail why you believe those Psychomotor symptoms were present in John Nash. Give your examples and explain them fully.
Define and discuss the three phases of Schizophrenia: Prodromal, Active, and Residual
Apply your knowledge of these phases to what you observed in the movie
What scenes would be evidence of John Nash being in a Prodromal Phase? Why do you believe that?
What scenes would be evidence of John Nash being in an Active Phase? Why do you believe that?
What scenes would be evidence of John Nash being in a Residual Phase? Why do you believe that?
This assignment should be typed in 12 point normal font, double spaced, with 1 inch margins, and proofread.

Textbook Requirements
Comer, R.J. (2016). Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology (8th ed). New York: Worth. ISBN#: 1-4641-7697-3