Which of the Following Is a Way to Distinguish Between

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a way to distinguish between someone with conversion disorder and someone who is malingering?

• A) People with conversion disorder will be very cautious about talking about their symptoms, malingerers are very willing to talk about them.
• B) People with conversion disorder are very willing to talk about their symptoms, malingerers will be more cautious.
• C) If their symptoms are shown to be inconsistent, people with conversion disorder become very defensive while malingerers do not.
• D) People with conversion disorder are usually very defensive, malingerers will try to seem very open and trusting.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by successively reinforcing behaviors that approximate the target behavior.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A type of learning where a new stimulus becomes associated with an already conditioned stimulus, resulting in the same conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

Following a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus, a conditioned response that had previously disappeared resurfaces.

Shaping

A process in behavioral psychology that involves reinforcing behaviors that are successively closer to the desired action.