Ideas that shift from one topic to another in a seemingly unrelated way

are often apparent in a type of disordered speech called

a) delusional thinking.
b) referential thinking.
c) poverty of content.
d) loosening of associations.


d

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A) somatic B) autonomic C) sympathetic D) parasympathetic

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________ are frightening dreams that awaken a dreamer from REM sleep. ________ involve sudden arousal from sleep and an intense physiological fear reaction (e.g., screaming, heavy breathing, and perspiration).

A. Night terrors; Somnambulisms B. Somnambulisms; Nightmares C. Somnambulisms; Night terrors D. Nightmares; Night terrors

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A)learned helplessness B)dichotomous thinking C)catastrophizing D)selective abstraction

Psychology