A Psychotic Disorder in Which People Think and Communicate Clearly

question 129

Short Answer

A psychotic disorder in which people think and communicate clearly at times then lose touch with reality and are unable to care for themselves is called _____________________.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.

Shaping

A process in behavioral psychology that involves reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired action.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be evoked by stimuli that are similar to the stimulus to which the response was conditioned.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each.