Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Malingering is a behaviour in which individuals fabricate medical or psychological symptoms to get something they want.
2. Physicians often focus on a patient's emotions and allow this focus to overshadow technical aspects of the patient's illness.
3. A substantial number of people who seek medical care do so for treatment of psychological and emotional problems.
4. Compliance to a medical treatment tends to decrease as the treatment becomes more frequent.
5. Optimists stick to the medical regimens their caregivers have prescribed better than do pessimists.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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