Robert, who suffers from schizotypal personality disorder, has a belief that the news anchor on cnn is giving him important messages about his behavior. these false beliefs are known as:

The answer is "ideas of reference".

Ideas of reference depict the wonder of a person's encountering harmless occasions or unimportant coincidences and trusting they have solid individual significance. It is "the idea that all that one sees on the planet identifies with one's own particular predetermination", as a rule in a contrary and threatening manner. This isn't to be mistaken for gaslighting.