Factitious Disorders Are a Set of Conditions That

question 1

Multiple Choice

Factitious disorders are a set of conditions that

• A)fall somewhere between malingering and conversion disorders.
• B)are completely under voluntary control like malingering.
• C)are a manifestation of physical symptoms mostly due to anxiety
• D)Are one form of typical child abuse

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a process by which a behavior becomes more likely to occur because it is followed by a reward or the removal of an unpleasant stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period without exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral trigger that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, in time invokes a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that inherently and instinctively induces a reaction without the need for previous learning.