Joshua is a rehabilitation counselor whose job is to help disabled people become reemployed in another appropriate occupation. Joshua is concerned that there has been an increase in the number of people claiming to be disabled by stress or feigning physical injuries in order to receive government disability payments. What concept best identifies Joshua's concern?
a. factitious disorder
b. malingering
c. moral anxiety
d. collaborative empiricism
b
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a. Frequently when in clinical settings b. Typically only when audited or challenged in court c. Always; it is required by APA for all testing d. Rarely, if ever
Which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between brain size and intelligence?
a. Brain size is a perfect predictor of intelligence-the larger the brain, the greater the intelligence. b. There is no relationship between brain size and intelligence whatsoever. c. Brain size and intelligence are related only in Caucasian people. d. There are modest correlations between brain size, convolutions of the cortex, and intelligence.
Your grandmother is convinced that formula is the best way to feed infants because that is the way that she was fed as an infant. Although you do not want to argue, why did her mother's generation formula feed rather than breast feed?
a. Companies that produced formula convinced the public that formula feeding was the healthiest way to feed infants. b. Your great-grandmother was correct, we should be formula feeding. c. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was much more difficult to breast feed. d. Evidence is now beginning to emerge indicating that breast feeding can be dangerous to infants.
According to children's responses in a research study, what is the most important way that children should behave toward their elderly parents?
a) Write once a week b) Provide financial help c) Help them understand resources d) Make room in home in an emergency