Unlike the person with paranoid schizophrenia, the person with paranoid personality disorder
A) has persistent loss of reality contact.
B) tends to confide in others and assume the loyalty of his or her friends.
C) becomes delusional in response to an actual betrayal or hurtful incident with another person.
D) are in contact with reality, although they may have transient psychotic symptoms.
D
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a. unfulfilled wishes b. hidden, deep-seated psychological problems c. attempts to solve waking problems while asleep d. the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural activity
The nomothetic approach in psychology (or in any science) is intended to establish broad generalizations and universal "laws." When using the nomothetic approach researchers are likely to make
A. many observations of one individual. B. observations of many individuals and focus on extreme scores. C. observations of many individuals and focus on the average (typical) score. D. few observations of a few individuals and focus on the scores that occur most often.
Which of the following subcortical brain areas is important for attention to important sensory stimuli and ignoring irrelevant sensory stimuli?
A. occipital lobe B. pons C. thalamus D. hippocampus
Amy is 6 years old and is playing the violin at a level equal to that of 15-year-olds. She enjoys learning but does not like to be told what to do. She has an ability to concentrate intensely on her craft. Amy is most likely
A. gifted. B. an average six-year-old. C. idiosyncratic. D. autistic.