Daria Has Been Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Is Being Given

question 20

Multiple Choice

Daria has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is being given an intelligence test. The examiner asks Daria what it means when one says, "Strike while the iron is hot." Daria replies, "You cannot iron clothes with a cold iron." Daria's response demonstrates ____.

• A) difficulty with abstraction
• B) ideas of reference
• C) delusional thinking
• D) poverty of speech

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Definitions:

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a study or experiment.

Finite Population Correction

An adjustment made to sampling formulas to account for the fact that the sample is drawn from a finite population, often resulting in smaller standard errors.

Standard Error

An estimate of the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically used to measure the accuracy of a sample mean.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetrical around the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.