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Persecutory delusions in paranoid-type schizophrenia, the affected person holds fixed beliefs that he or she is the target of others’ ill will; these beliefs remain unchanged, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Perseverance effect refers to the tendency for people to make self -evaluations that are consistent with information that has been discredited.
Perseverance effect also refers to the finding that people's beliefs about themselves and the social world persist even after the evidence supporting these beliefs is discredited.
Perseveratory coarticulation is the type of co-articulation in which the shape of the vocal tract for a given speech sound is influenced by previous sounds.