The deliberate production of physical or psychological symptoms for some external motivation describes
a. malingering.
b. psychosomatic illness.
c. Munchhausen syndrome.
d. factitious disorder by proxy.
a
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a. alienated from mainstream society. b. pessimistic about humankind. c. more reckless than other adolescents. d. all of these answers are correct.
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Describe Erik Erikson's fifth stage of psychosocial development.
What will be an ideal response?