Objective or External Factors That Can Be Seen or Felt

question 59

Multiple Choice

Objective or external factors that can be seen or felt by the physician or measured by an instrument are called ____.

• A) symptoms
• B) outcomes
• C) signs
• D) behavior
• E) feelings

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Definitions:

Persecutory Delusion

A false belief that one is being pursued, harassed, or conspired against by others.

Grandiose Delusion

A false belief that one possesses superior qualities such as genius, fame, omnipotence, or wealth.

Delusions

Fixed false beliefs that are resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact, typically observed in psychiatric conditions.

Hallucinations

Perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus, vivid and clear, with the full force and impact of actual perceptions, and not under voluntary control.