What are the key points to keep in mind when trying to distinguish factitious disorder from malingering?
What will be an ideal response?
The judgment that a particular symptom is under voluntary control occasionally is made by excluding all other possible causes. However, this is not a foolproof method. When the clinician is not fully aware of the particular purpose for which the malingerer manufactures symptoms, the chances of a misdiagnosis increase. An act of malingering might, under certain circumstances, be considered adaptive (e.g., when prisoners fake illness), but factitious disorders are almost always seen in people with severe, lifelong personality disturbances.
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a. each group receives a different treatment b. each participant receives each treatment in the same order c. a series of treatments is presented in every possible sequence d. participants receive a random order of treatment conditions
Each data point on a scattergram represents
a. an individual's score on the dependent variable b. an individual's score on two variables c. the relationship between a dependent an independent variable d. None of these are true.
In the __________ scheme, the group comes to recognize that one approach is objectively correct
a. two-thirds majority c. first-shift b. majority-wins d. none of these
Justifiable homicide ________.
A. is no longer a part of written law in the United States. B. is usually performed by police. C. is not a category reported on any official measure of homicide. D. is also called "unintentional manslaughter."