Apr 16, 2011 19:27
13 yrs ago
English term
Works in: English to Polish
difficulty in perception of reality testing
English
Medical
Medical (general)
psychiatry
Paranoia
Defining Characteristics:
* Difficulty in perception of reality testing
Defining Characteristics:
* Difficulty in perception of reality testing
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Donna Stevens
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difficulty in testing one's own perceptions against what trusted others think.
Reality testing is a coping skill by which individuals gauge the validity of their perceptions in comparison with those of trusted others. People who are severely paranoid have great difficulty recognizing that their perceptions are flawed and they have difficulties with reality testing.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
: That's it more or less.
19 hrs
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| neutral |
B D Finch
: Though that is what your reference says, it is wrong. There are many forms of reality testing, many don't involve referring to "trusted others", e.g. testing whether an action produces expected results, logic etc.
23 hrs
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