A Poisson Random Variable Is a Continuous Variable That Can

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A Poisson random variable is a continuous variable that can be used to describe the number of occurrences of an event over a specified interval of time or space.

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Learned Helplessness

A possible explanation for some depressive behavior, based on findings that organisms in aversive situations learn to show inactivity when their behavior is not reinforced.

Hallucinations

Perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli, which have qualities of real perception.

Ideas of Persecution

False beliefs that one is being harassed, harmed, poisoned or conspired against by others, often seen in paranoid disorders.

Catatonia

A psychiatric condition marked by a variety of motor behaviors, from physical rigidity to hyperactivity and immobility.