Charlotte has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and her psychologist notes that she demonstrates some negative symptoms. Among them is her lack of initiative and not wanting to take any behavioral action. The technical term for this is

The correct answer is Avolition

The characteristic symptoms of Schizophrenia involve a range of cognitive and emotional dysfunctions that affect perception, inferential thinking, language and communication, behavioral monitoring, affection, fluency and productivity of thought and speech, hedonic capacity, avolition, impulse and attention.

Avolition is the inability to start or persist in the pursuit of a goal.

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