Mel Believes That People Are Spying on Him and Plotting

question 119

Multiple Choice

Mel believes that people are spying on him and plotting against him. A stranger that comes to his door asking for directions is "really trying to get information," while static sounds during a telephone conversation is "really someone recording the phone call." So, Mel feels like he must be on guard at all times. Mel is suffering from

• A)schizophrenia.
• B)paranoid psychosis.
• C)the erotomanic type.
• D)the histrionic type.

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Definitions:

Hippocampus

A region of the brain that is associated with the formation of memories and navigation.

Heritable Risk Factor

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Medial Prefrontal Cortex

A part of the frontal lobe of the brain involved in decision-making, social behavior, and personality expression.

Operant Conditioning

Form of learning in which behaviors lead to consequences that either reinforce or punish the organism, leading to an increased or a decreased probability of a future response.