Regarding the symptoms of psychosis, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The most common psychotic hallucination is hearing voices.
b. A flat affect and a lack of emotion are considered to be positive symptoms of psychosis.
c. Psychotic speech tends to be so garbled and chaotic that it sometimes sounds like a "word salad."
d. When psychotic disturbances and a fragmented personality are evident for weeks or months, the person has suffered a psychosis.
ANSWER: b
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