The Disorder That Appears to Be MOST Closely Related to the Schizotypal

question 153

Multiple Choice

The disorder that appears to be MOST closely related to the schizotypal personality disorder is:

• A) anxiety.
• B) schizophrenia.
• C) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• D) narcissistic personality disorder.

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Definitions:

Sensory Neurons

Nerve cells that transmit sensory information (such as sight, sound, touch) from the body's periphery to the central nervous system.

Sensory Experiences

Perceptions or interactions involving the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch) that form the basis of human experience.

Pattern Theory

The proposal that different sensory qualities are encoded by specific patterns of firing among the relevant neurons.

Signal-Detection Experiment

A research method used to assess the ability to differentiate between information-bearing patterns and random patterns.