Janet is new to your medical unit. She is being treated for pelvic inflammatory disease, but she is uncooperative about answering your questions
You agree to let her settle in and you return in 30 minutes to find her very pleasant, agreeable, and almost docile. Over the course of the next 3 days, you witness these changes in Janet's personality. You also witness her "forgetting" to keep appointments and leaving lab specimens in unsecured areas. Not including her present medical condition, you begin to suspect that she may have which of the following personality disorders?
A) Antisocial/sociopathic
B) Passive-aggressive
C) Narcissistic
D) Dependent
B
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a. 20-30 degrees c. 70-90 degrees b. 45-60 degrees d. 95-120 degrees