____ Occurs When People Shift Their Own Mental Scale and Change

question 105

Multiple Choice

____ occurs when people shift their own mental scale and change the baseline for comparisons of their own circumstances with those of other people.

• A) Codependency
• B) Empiricism
• C) Subjectivism
• D) Hedonic adaptation

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Definitions:

Derailment

A thought process disorder characterized by a person's speech and thoughts slipping off track into loosely connected topics.

Word Salad

A string of incoherent words or phrases often seen in severe cases of mental disorder, where spoken language fails to convey meaningful connections.

Clang Association

A pattern of speech characterized by the use of words that rhyme or sound similar without a logical connection, often seen in bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

Derailment

A thought disorder in which a person's speech is characterized by a series of loosely connected ideas; often seen in schizophrenia.