In Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another,a Person Causes Symptoms in Another

question 72

Multiple Choice

In Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another,a person causes symptoms in another person and then presents that person as ill in order to:

• A)Receive reinforcement for being an attentive,loving caregiver
• B)Receive a financial gain
• C)Distract attention from his/her own psychological pain
• D)Cause suffering to the other person

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value (or point) estimate derived from sample data to approximate a population parameter.

Confidence Interval

A range of number sets, derived from statistical analyses of samples, assumed to hold the invisible value of a population characteristic.

Margin of Error

An expression of the range within which the true value of a statistic is expected to fall, based on sample observations.

Standard Error

A measure of how much sample means of a given data set are expected to vary, serving as a statistical indicator of precision.