A Person with a Somatoform Disorder Is Actually Faking Physical

question 83

True/False

A person with a somatoform disorder is actually faking physical symptoms.

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Definitions:

Id, Ego, Superego

Components of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality where the id is the instinctual desires, the ego mediates between the id and reality, and the superego represents moral standards.

Theoretical Perspective

A conceptual framework used by researchers to interpret data within a specific field.

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Looking-glass Self

A concept in sociology that suggests individuals form their sense of self based on how they believe others perceive them, as proposed by Charles Horton Cooley.