Which Stimulus Should Be MOST Easily Learned as a Specific

question 77

Multiple Choice

Which stimulus should be MOST easily learned as a specific phobia?

• A) gun
• B) car
• C) rotten fruit
• D) small spider

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Definitions:

DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association that classifies and provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders.

Schizophrenia

A chronic psychological disorder characterized by a disconnect among cognition, emotion, and behavior, resulting in distorted perceptions, improper feelings and actions, detachment from reality and interpersonal connections towards fantasy and illusion, accompanied by a feeling of psychic disintegration.

Subtypes

Distinctive categories within a classification system based on specific characteristics separating them from other categories within the same system.

Paranoid Subtype

A classification within certain mental disorders where the dominant symptom is paranoia or persistent delusions, particularly of persecution or grandeur.