A person who is absolutely convinced, against all evidence, that his or her spouse is having an affair is

a. a classic example of a possessive personality.
b. suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
c. manifesting a jealous type delusion.
d. manifesting an erotomanic type delusion.


ANSWER: c

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