Types of Delusions Psychology

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Which early writer provided the most enduring description of schizophrenia and coined it as dementia praecox?

  • Benedict Morel
  • John Haslam
  • Philippe Pinel
  • Emil Kraepelin (correct)

What term did Eugen Bleuler coin for what we now call schizophrenia, deriving from the Greek words skhizein and phren?

  • Hebephrenia
  • Dementia praecox
  • Paranoia
  • Schizophrenia (correct)

Which term describes alternating immobility and agitation in schizophrenia?

  • Grandiose delusion
  • Paranoia
  • Catatonia (correct)
  • Hebephrenia

Which type of delusion is characterized by the belief that every event is directed at oneself?

<p>Referential delusion (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a fixed and irrational belief that distorts reality?

<p>Delusion (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theorist proposed that associative splitting was the reason for having schizophrenia?

<p>Eugen Bleuler (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term did Benedict Morel use to describe the symptoms of schizophrenia?

<p>'Loss of mind' early conception (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of delusion involves a belief that one is going to be harmed by others?

<p>'Persecutory delusion' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Nonbizarre delusions' are characterized by beliefs that are...

<p>...consistent with reality. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Hebephrenia' is characterized by...

<p>...silly and immature emotionality. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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