People with which of the following disorders are usually mothers

who fabricate their children's illnesses and
sometimes even deliberately harm their children to make them sick?
a. somatization disorder
b. Klinefelter's syndrome
c. Munchausen syndrome by proxy
d. conversion disorder


ANSWER: c

Psychology

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Children who suffer extreme feelings of guilt are likely to believe that

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a. individualistic b. collectivistic c. independent d. ingroup

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