What Is the Difference Between a Hallucination and a Delusion

question 82

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a hallucination and a delusion?

• A) A delusion is a false belief and a hallucination is a false perception.
• B) A delusion is not a symptom of schizophrenia and a hallucination is the defining symptom of schizophrenia.
• C) A delusion is the after-effect of a hallucination.
• D) A delusion lasts longer than a hallucination, but it is less intense.

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Definitions:

Situational Attribution

Attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within the situation; an external attribution.

Social Psychology

The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts.

Imagined Presence

The psychological phenomenon of feeling or sensing that another person or entity is present when they are not.

Situational Attribution

involves attributing a person's behavior to external or environmental factors, rather than to internal personality traits.