Question

Kolby says that people are constantly talking about her. She also believes that everything that a prominent politician does is somehow related to her, and the politician is plotting against her. Kolby is exhibiting the range of _____ associated with schizophrenia.

Answer 1

Kolby is exhibiting the range of positive symptoms (delusions) associated with schizophrenia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Schizophrenia is a personality disorder which has positive as well as negative symptoms.

• Positive symptoms include hallucinations and delusions, which are "added" symptoms to the disorder.
• Negative symptoms are what the individual begins to lose such as his/her energy which makes him/her become apathetic, for example.

In this case, Kolby is having various delusions which are false beliefs. For example, she thinks that a politician is plotting against her which can be a persecution delusion.