Your Best Friend Sneaks Up Behind You and Lightly Strokes

question 2

Multiple Choice

Your best friend sneaks up behind you and lightly strokes the back of your neck with a feather. Which of the following receptors would detect this type of stimulus?

• A) Ruffini corpuscles
• B) Stretch receptors
• C) Pacinian corpuscles
• D) Hair cells
• E) Meissner's corpuscles

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Definitions:

Psychotic Disorder

A mental health condition characterized by a disconnection from reality, manifesting in symptoms like hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.

Substance-induced

describes conditions or disorders that are caused or exacerbated by the use of drugs, alcohol, or other substances.

DSM-5

DSM-5, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, is a standardized classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals for diagnosis in the United States.

Schizophrenia

A mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or behavior, and impaired cognitive function.