In the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ferris deliberately fakes his own headaches and stomach pains so that he could avoid going to school. Aside from his irresponsibility, Ferris would best be diagnosed as exhibiting ____.
a. factitious disorder
b. impulse control disorder
c. malingering
d. illness anxiety disorder (hypochondriasis)
Question 2Wanda fakes debilitating pain in hopes of receiving a large monetary award from an insurance company. Roberta experiences fever and pain because she has injected herself with bacteria. Wanda's behavior illustrates ____; Roberta's behavior illustrates ____.
a. malingering; somatoform disorder
b. malingering; factitious disorder
c. factitious disorder; malingering
d. factitious disorder; somatoform disorder
Question 3The chief difference between somatic symptom disorder and factitious disorders is whether the condition is ____.
a. a way of avoiding responsibility or not
b. iatrogenic or not
c. produced by the doctor's treatment or not
d. self-inflicted or not
Question 4What is the primary difference between factitious disorder and malingering?
a. The feigning of symptoms in factitious disorder is induced deliberately with no apparent incentive, while the motivation in malingering is typically to achieve some goal.
b. The symptoms in factitious disorder are not produced intentionally, whereas they are in malingering.
c. The symptoms in malingering are not produced intentionally, whereas they are in factitious disorder.
d. The feigning of symptoms in factitious disorder is motivated by economic gain or to avoid some unpleasant task, whereas the motivation in malingering is to assume the sick role.
Question 5A psychologist says, We know it is a psychological disorder because the physical symptoms have no physiological basis and the symptoms are not under voluntary control. What is the psychologist describing?
a. a somatic symptom disorder
b. an anxiety disorder
c. alcoholism
d. a dissociative disorder
Question 6Which of the following is a somatic symptom disorder?
a. generalized anxiety disorder
b. dissociative identity disorder
c. functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)
d. depersonalization disorder
Question 7Joshua is a rehabilitation counselor whose job is to help disabled people become reemployed in another appropriate occupation. Joshua is concerned that there has been an increase in the number of people claiming to be disabled by stress or feigning physical injuries in order to receive government disability payments. What concept best identifies Joshua's concern?
a. factitious disorder
b. malingering
c. moral anxiety
d. collaborative empiricism
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