AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A hallucination is a false perception of objects or events involving your senses: sight, sound, smell, touch and taste. Hallucinations seem real, but they’re not. Chemical reactions and/or abnormalities in your brain cause hallucinations.

Detailed explanation-2: -n. a false sensory perception that has a compelling sense of reality despite the absence of an external stimulus. It may affect any of the senses, but auditory hallucinations and visual hallucinations are most common.

Detailed explanation-3: -While hallucinations are disturbances of the perception of external objective reality, pseudohallucinations are special forms of imagination or representations (p. 89).

Detailed explanation-4: -Hallucinations are perceptual disturbances in the absence of external stimuli. An example of a delusion may be if you believe that the government is monitoring your every action through a microchip inserted in your brain, despite all objective evidence being contrary to this belief.

Detailed explanation-5: -Delusional disorder is a type of mental health condition in which a person can’t tell what’s real from what’s imagined. There are many types, including persecutory, jealous and grandiose types. It’s treatable with psychotherapy and medication.