When an affected person fakes the medical problems of someone in his or her care in order to gain attention, that person would be diagnosed with
a. Munchausen syndrome.
b. Prader-Willi syndrome.
c. Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
d. a conversion disorder.
C
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Which external factors might increase the likelihood of experiencing high levels of stress according to your textbook?
a. depression b. noisy environments c. pain d. the presence of young children
The occurrence of which of the following conditions shows that extraordinary abilities can exist apart from general intelligence?
a. Klinefelter's syndrome b. schizotypal personality c. savant syndrome d. familial intellectual disability
Hypofrontality is demonstrated by the poor performance of schizophrenics on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The difference between primary and secondary insomnia is:
A. the length of time the insomnia has lasted. B. the cause of the difficulty falling asleep. C. the age of onset. D. the likelihood of being affected during a given season of the year.