Turning Words into Numbers Helps Make Them More Concrete and Specific

question 38

True/False

Turning words into numbers helps make them more concrete and specific.

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Definitions:

Unknown Stomach Ailment

refers to a stomach condition or disorder whose cause is not identified, often leading to symptoms like pain, discomfort, or indigestion without a clear diagnosis.

Factitious Disorder

A psychological disorder characterized by the intentional fabrication of illness or injury to assume the sick role without external incentives.

External Gain

Benefits obtained from others or the environment due to one’s behaviors, often discussed in the context of malingering where the gain is used to explain the motivation for symptomatic behavior.

Factitious Disorder

A mental disorder in which an individual deliberately produces or exaggerates symptoms of illness in themselves for the primary purpose of assuming the sick role.