Tom Tells You That He Can Make His Roommate Take

question 111

Multiple Choice

Tom tells you that he can make his roommate take out the trash by simply thinking about his roommate doing it. He agrees with you that this could sometimes just be a coincidence, but he seems to truly believe he can sometimes get people to do things just by thinking about it. You find him understandable when he talks, but sometimes hard to follow. His clothes are messy and don't match. Tom tells you not to tell anyone about his power, because he knows that other people don't like him because they are jealous and they would hurt him if they could. The best diagnosis for Tom is ________

• A) borderline personality disorder.
• B) paranoid personality disorder.
• C) schizotypal personality disorder.
• D) schizoid personality disorder.

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Definitions:

Negatively Reinforced

A process in behavioral psychology where a behavior is strengthened because a negative condition is removed or avoided.

Positively Reinforced

A process in behavioral psychology where a behavior is encouraged by rewarding it, leading to an increase in the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.

Bathing Dog

The process of cleaning a dog's coat and skin with water and dog shampoo to maintain their hygiene and health.

Fixed-interval

A type of schedule of reinforcement where the first response is rewarded only after a specified amount of time has elapsed, resulting in a slow response rate just after reinforcement and a faster rate as the time for the next reinforcement approaches.