What term describes fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence?

What term describes fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence?

• A. Persecutory Delusions
• B. Referential Delusions
• C. Grandiose Delusions
• D. Delusions

Answer: (D)

Fixed beliefs that remain despite conflicting evidence are called delusions. In psychiatry, a delusion is a false belief held with strong conviction, not aligned with cultural norms, and resistant to reason or contrary data. The other options describe specific types of delusions (for example, beliefs of being persecuted, of special references, or of having grandiose abilities), but they are still delusions—the general term for the phenomenon is delusions.

Fixed beliefs that remain despite conflicting evidence are called delusions. In psychiatry, a delusion is a false belief held with strong conviction, not aligned with cultural norms, and resistant to reason or contrary data. The other options describe specific types of delusions (for example, beliefs of being persecuted, of special references, or of having grandiose abilities), but they are still delusions—the general term for the phenomenon is delusions.