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dbose

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A clinical psychologist is interested in minimizing the delusions in a patient with schizophrenia. A method for doing this involves ____.
 
  a. weakening and then directly challenging the delusions
 b. relaxation training and response prevention
 c. exaggeration and humor, followed by aversive conditioning
  d. agreeing with the delusional ideas until they seem absurd

Question 2

Polly thinks that her father and mother have been replaced by two people who are simply acting as her father and mother. She believes that someone found people who look exactly like her parents and exchanged them. Polly's delusion is rare and is called ____.
 
  a. Capgras's syndrome
 b. dementia praecox
 c. delusions of thought broadcasting
  d. delusions of grandeur



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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