A Person Who Is Suffering from Disordered Thinking, Bizarre Behavior

question 138

Multiple Choice

A person who is suffering from disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, and hallucinations and who is unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality is likely suffering from __________

• A) schizophrenia.
• B) bipolar disorder.
• C) a dissociative disorder.
• D) passive-aggressive personality.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Constancy

The psychological feature that enables individuals to perceive objects as unchanged despite variations in the viewing conditions like lighting, angle, or distance.

Binocular Disparity

The difference in image location of an object seen by the left and right eyes, resulting from the eyes’ horizontal separation; the basis of stereopsis or depth perception.

Atmospheric Perspective

A technique in art and visual perception, creating the illusion of depth by portraying distant objects as paler, less detailed, and usually bluer than nearer objects.

Shape Constancy

The perceptual phenomenon by which we perceive the shape of an object as constant even when its shape changes on the retina due to changes in viewing angle.