AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The main difference between hallucinations and delusions is that hallucinations revolve around senses and delusions center on beliefs. Therefore, a hallucination includes seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, or feeling something that isn’t there.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the difference between a hallucination and a delusion? In clinical terms, a hallucination involves some form of sensory experience-hearing, seeing, or touching something that does not exist in external, physical reality (that is, outside the mind). On the other hand, delusions are more conceptual.

Detailed explanation-3: -People with schizophrenia experience hallucinations and delusions. Hallucinations involve seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, or feeling things that aren’t there. Delusions are false, irrational beliefs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Delusional disorder is a type of psychotic disorder. Its main symptom is the presence of one or more delusions. A delusion is an unshakable belief in something that’s untrue. The belief isn’t a part of the person’s culture or subculture, and almost everyone else knows this belief to be false.