Juan suffers from schizophrenia. One of his symptoms is that while talking to others, Juan will string words together on the basis of rhyming, without regard to the meaning of the words. As
A result, many of his "clever little poems" lack any comprehensible meaning to his listeners.
When Juan does this he is engaging in ______.
A) blocking
B) clanging
C) neologisms
D) perseveration

Question

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Juan's behavior is an example of clanging, where words are strung together based on sound rather than meaning.

Juan Suffers from Schizophrenia