Echopraxia

Echopraxia: The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person. Echopraxia is a feature of schizophrenia (especially the catatonic form), Tourette syndrome, and some other neurologic diseases. From echo + the Greek praxia meaning action.

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In psychoanalytic theory, one of the three major divisions in the model of the psychic apparatus, the others being the id and the superego.

echopraxia
ek prksi noun the meaningless imitation of another persons actions
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Definitions:
1. A form of psychopathology, usually associated with schizophrenia, in which the words (echolalia) or actions (echopraxia) of another are imitated and repeated.
The information shown above for echopathy is provided by Stedman's.

Positive signs: disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, excessive motor activity that is apparently purposeless, echolalia or echopraxia
Negative signs: flat affect, motor immobility, mutism, and maintenance of a rigid posture ...

Some examples of complex motor tics include the act of hitting oneself and jumping. Copropraxia, the involuntary display of unacceptable/obscene gestures, and echopraxia, the imitation of the movement of another individual, ...

a routine or always arranging objects exactly the same way.
Mimicking speech or movement. A person may repeatedly say a word just spoken by someone else (echolalia) or repeatedly copy a gesture or movement made by someone else (echopraxia).

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See also: Stress, Symptom, Aging, Schizophrenia, Depression