distorted perception

collocation in English

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distorted
adjective
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/dɪˈstɔː.tɪd/us
/dɪˈstɔːr.t̬ɪd/
pulled into or appearing as a strange or ...
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perception
noun
uk
/pəˈsep.ʃən/us
/pɚ-/
a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how ...
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It can also cause loss of memory, confusion or disorientation,distortedperceptionof time and distance, hallucination, illusion, nausea and vomiting.
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He claimed thisdistortedperceptionof his wealth was due to his popularity as a public figure.
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Newer research shows, that this might be a politicallydistortedperception.
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A psychiatric illness leading to unreasonable expectations for the surgical outcome, such as adistortedperceptionof reality, can be a contraindication to surgery.
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The predication is that the experimental pigeons should learn an altered map and thus when released, they should fly according to theirdistortedperception.
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I will return momentarily to the importance of data on women, and to the distorted perceptions of communal well-being that non-attention to them has caused.
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Hisdistortedperceptionof his reflection in the mirror made him unable to pair the reflection to a memory of the appearance of his own face.
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Developmentally, it is not clear whether both preadolescent and adolescent aggressive children will display distorted perceptions in dyadic interactions.
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Thus, peer familiarity does not appear to influence the distorted perceptions assessed in this interaction task.
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It is also notable that these distorted perceptions of partner's aggression and self-aggression do not differ across the preadolescent to early adolescent age levels assessed in this cross-sectional design.
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Aggressive boys' distorted perceptions of the dyad's relative aggression during the three interaction periods was accompanied by their heightened dominance behaviors throughout the three interaction periods.
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The distorted perceptions of self, others, and associated affects are the focus of treatment as they emerge in the relationship with the therapist (transference).
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Some people reported distorted perceptions or hallucinations and lack of concentration on mental tasks.
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Low cooperativeness and self-directedness combined with high self-transcendence may result in openness to odd or unusual ideas and behaviours associated with distorted perceptions of reality.
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The distorted perceptions of arousal then create fear and distorted perceptions of the self.
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Transference can be described as the client's distorted perceptions of the therapist.
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Great sleep deprivation mimics psychosis: distorted perceptions can lead to inappropriate emotional and behavioral responses.
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