When Patients Who Are Suffering Delusions Are Confronted with Contradictory

question 31

Multiple Choice

When patients who are suffering delusions are confronted with contradictory evidence

• A) they defend their beliefs with conviction.
• B) they concede their error but develop a new delusion.
• C) they defend their beliefs but only half-heartedly, knowing they are in error.
• D) they are unable to engage in coherent speech.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.