A patient insistently states, "I can decipher codes of DNA just by looking at someone." Which problem is evident?
a. Visual hallucinations
b. Magical thinking
c. Idea of reference
d. Thought insertion
ANS: B
Magical thinking is evident in the patient's appraisal of his own abilities. There is no evidence of the distracters.
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