Someone Who Believes That Their Thoughts and Actions Are Being

question 22

Multiple Choice

Someone who believes that their thoughts and actions are being controlled by visitors from Mars would be diagnosed as having

• A)delusions of grandeur.
• B)delusions of influence.
• C)delusions of persecution.
• D)somatic delusions.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus, resulting from the repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus that naturally elicits a response.

Generalization

The process of responding similarly to different but related stimuli, often used to explain how people apply learning from specific instances to broader contexts.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs as a direct response to a specific stimulus in the environment, typically automatic and reflexive in nature.