Editing Paranoia (section)

==Signs and symptoms==
A common symptom of paranoia is [[attribution bias]]. These individuals typically have a biased perception of reality, often exhibiting more hostile beliefs than average.<ref name="bentall-taylor-2006">Bentall and Taylor (2006), p. 289</ref> A paranoid person may view someone else's accidental behavior as though it is intentional or signifies a threat.

An investigation of a non-clinical paranoid population found that characteristics such as feeling powerless and depressed, isolating oneself, and relinquishing activities, were associated with more frequent paranoia.<ref>Freeman et al. (2005)</ref>
Some scientists have created different subtypes for the various symptoms of paranoia, including erotic, persecutory, litigious, and exalted.<ref>Deutsch and Fishman p. 1414-1415</ref>

Most commonly paranoid individuals tend to be of a single status, perhaps because paranoia results in difficulty with interpersonal relationships.<ref>Deutch and Fishman (1963), p.1416</ref>

Some researchers have arranged types of paranoia by commonality. The least common types of paranoia at the very top of the hierarchy would be those involving more serious threats. [[Social anxiety]] is at the bottom of this hierarchy as the most frequently exhibited level of paranoia.<ref>Freeman et al. (2005), p.433</ref>