A psychologist working with schizophrenic individuals is likely to encounter all of the following symptoms except:

A. compulsive focusing on the things happening around them
B. the formation of new words that don't exist in the dictionary
C. strange bodily sensations
D. hearing voices


Answer: A

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The mean height for a group of children is normally distributed, with a

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