Disturbance In Perception

Question 1

Types of disturbances in perception

Answer 1

Hallucination, illusion, unreality state

Question 2

What is hallucination

Answer 2

False perceptions experienced in the absence of external stimuli, can involve any of the five senses.

Question 3

Hallucinations types

Answer 3

Olfactory: smelling smells that doesn’t exist
Auditory: hearing voices when none are present
Visual: seeing things that are not there
Gustatory: experiencing taste in the absence of stimuli
Tactile: feeling touch sensation in the absence of stimuli

Question 4

Illusion

Answer 4

False perception with an external stimulus, can involve any of the five senses.

Question 5

Unreality states

Answer 5

Depersonalisation
Derealisation

Question 6

Visual illusion

Answer 6

The individual who sees a rope and perceives that it is a snake.

Question 7

Auditory illusion

Answer 7

The yowling of a cat may be heard by a mother as the cry of her child.

Question 8

Depersonalization

Answer 8

A phenomenon whereby a person experience a sense of unreality or self – estrangement.

Question 9

Derealization

Answer 9

The false perception by a person that the environment has changes while nothing actually has changed