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Kolby says that people are constantly talking about her. She also believes that everything that a prominent politician does is somehow related to her, and the politician is plotting against her. Kolby is exhibiting the range of _____ associated with schizophrenia.

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Answer:

Kolby is exhibiting the range of positive symptoms (delusions) associated with schizophrenia.

Explanation:

Schizophrenia is a personality disorder which has positive as well as negative symptoms.

  • Positive symptoms include hallucinations and delusions, which are  "added" symptoms to the disorder.
  • Negative symptoms are what the individual begins to lose such as his/her energy which makes him/her become apathetic, for example.

In this case, Kolby is having various delusions which are false beliefs. For example, she thinks that a politician is plotting against her which can be a persecution delusion.

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