Aaron Has Been Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

question 15

Multiple Choice

Aaron has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has delusions of control, believing that his sister's teddy bear is trying to influence him. It is most likely that Aaron is ____.

• A) unaware of the illogical nature of his delusion
• B) faking the delusion to get attention
• C) using the delusion to escape responsibility for his actions
• D) aware that the delusion is illogical

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Definitions:

Negatively Skewed

Negatively skewed, in statistics, describes a distribution of data where the tail is longer on the left side of the distribution curve, indicating that the bulk of the values lie to the right.

Positively Skewed

A statistical distribution characterized by a longer tail on the right side, indicating that the bulk of the values lie to the left of the mean.

Probability Density Function

A function that describes the relative likelihood for a continuous random variable to occur at a particular point.

Continuous Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take an infinite number of values in a continuous range.