What disorder would include intentionally taking drugs in order to stimulate various real illnesses?

A. Factitious disorder
B. Malingering
C. Dissociative identity disorder
D. Somatization disorder


Answer: A

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A) an experiment used reliable measures of the independent variable. B) a correlation was established between an independent and a dependent variable. C) an experiment has been verified by a group of scientists not associated with the study. D) the variables in an experiment have been defined in a normal, typical, or realistic way.

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a. an African American boy c. a Euro-American boy b. a Hispanic American girl d. an African American girl

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