Question

An item on a psychological test asks whether the test taker believes radio news stations are delivering special messages to the test taker that others cannot detect. Jason takes the test and answers yes to this question, because he recently detected messages to him embedded in a radio broadcast. Jason appears to be experiencing:

Answer 1

Answer:

Delusions of Reference

Explanation:

Reference is believing that something refers back to someone. Delusion of reference is a Strong idea of reference. You believe strongly that something is being referred to you such that even when there is an evidence that say otherwise.

That is to say, While a person experiencing an idea of reference will change his or her mind when evidence shows that he/she must, a person experiencing a delusion will believe something refers back to him or her even in the face of strong evidence to the contrary.

It is one of the symptoms of schizophrenia, (A mental health condition or disorder that is characterised by a disconnection from reality)

An examples of delusion reference. Is

Thinking that everyone is looking at you when you walk into an unfamiliar situation like a party. Most people could shake a nagging idea of reference by rationally thinking about the situation. For instance, someone is walking through a shopping mall and hears two people laughing. Thinking that first they don't know you were going to be there, can remove the notion that they were laughing at you.

Delusions of reference was exactly what Jason is experiencing. He felt that the radio station had sent a message to him, whereas they were just hosting a program.