Ralph, a college professor, believes that the administrators at his university are conspiring with other faculty and staff members to make his work more difficult and to make him look foolish in order to fire him. Every phone call or e-mail not returned promptly, or request that is not handled as perfectly as he would like, is evidence of this conspiracy against him. Delusions of this sort would be of which type?

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Ralph's belief that he is being conspired against to make his work difficult and to make him look foolish is a classic example of persecutory delusions. These involve the belief that one is being mistreated, spied on, or plotted against.

Ralph, a College Professor, Believes That the Administrators at His