Mina's thoughts are extremely disordered and her emotions are either absent or inappropriate. She thinks she is Mother Theresa, and she was found wandering the streets in her nightgown. Mina's diagnosis is probably:
a. bipolar disorder
b. dissociative identity disorder
c. schizophrenia
d. generalized anxiety disorder
C
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When Chi compared the performance of child chess experts and adult chess novices on a task involving memory for the layout of chess pieces on a chessboard, she found that the children
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Vido has a master's degree and is interested
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