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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Delusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Eugen Bleuler</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</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'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    'Hebephrenia' is characterized by...

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

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