Clinical implications of a simulation model of paranoid processes
K. M. Colby
A shame-humiliation theory of paranoid processes embodied in a successful
computer simulation model has clinical implications for the understanding,
treatment, management, and prevention of paranoid disorders. The
multiplicity and variety of these implications indicate that the
theoretical model is more than ad hoc, since it potentially contributes new
empirical content to existing knowledge about paranoid disorders. Among
rival theories, a more acceptable one is that with a large consequence
class, members of which turn out to be true, and that which most
effectively serves multiple purposes.
