AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a delusion is defined as: A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everybody else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary.

Detailed explanation-2: -Types of delusions include persecutory, erotomanic, grandiose, jealous, somatic, and mixed/unspecific.

Detailed explanation-3: -A delusion is a fixed, false, and idiosyncratic belief and is one of the trilogy of psychotic symptoms: hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorder.

Detailed explanation-4: -Delusions are fixed beliefs about something that are not based in reality, and that others in the same culture, religion or other social group do not share. For example, someone might believe they are the captain of the Australian rugby team, or that an alien has taken over the body of someone in their family.

Detailed explanation-5: -Delusions. Lots of people have beliefs that many other people don’t share. But a delusion is usually a belief that nobody else shares and which other experiences or perceptions show cannot be true. It is natural for delusions to feel completely real to you when you are experiencing them.