Which Description Best Applies to a Hallucination? a Patient

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which description best applies to a hallucination? A patient:

• A) looks at shadows on a wall and says, "I see scary faces."
• B) states, "I feel bugs crawling on my legs and biting me."
• C) becomes anxious when the nurse leaves his or her bedside.
• D) tries to hit the nurse when vital signs are taken.

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Definitions:

Modeling

A learning process observed in social learning theory where individuals learn behaviors, attitudes, and values through observing others.

Human Motivational Forces

Intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence a person's behavior and actions towards achieving a goal.

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Instincts

Innate, fixed patterns of behavior in animals and humans that are responses to specific stimuli.