Which Disorder Is Characterized by a Deteriorating Ability to Function

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which disorder is characterized by a deteriorating ability to function in everyday life and some combination of hallucinations,delusions,disorganized speech,and grossly disorganized behavior?

• A)bipolar disorder
• B)​hypomania
• C)​multiple personality
• D)schizophrenia

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Definitions:

Retention

The ability to maintain or keep information in the mind over a period of time.

Ebbinghaus

Ebbinghaus refers to Hermann Ebbinghaus, a psychologist known for his foundational work on memory and the forgetting curve.

Nonsense Syllables

Stimuli used in psychological experiments, consisting of consonant-vowel-consonant arrangements that do not form real words, to study memory and learning.

Ebbinghaus

refers to Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist known for his pioneering work in the study of memory, including the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.