PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mitigating Factor, False Positive Rate, Ad Hominem
4 Feb 2013
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Induce an actual illness (eg. bacteria, ingest poison) Munchausen syndrome by proxy: make others ill so that they can take care of them, common in mothers, to poison or make their child sick just to get attention or freebies, children can sometimes die. Somatoform disorder: symptoms are not intentional, no underlying organic cause to the symptoms. Two types: somatization disorder: 8 or more symptoms, conversion disorder: numbness. Doesn"t make sense where they are numb. Glove anesthesia : numbness in the hands. Doctors know it"s a mental disorder since it"s impossible to only have numbness in your hand. Malingering: intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological symptoms , motivation is an external goal. Someone with factitious or somatoform disorder will insist on medical tests whereas malingerers will avoid medical tests. The opposite of malingering is defensiveness : extreme minimization of physical and/or psychological symptoms. Competency to stand trial: someone may malinger to avoid trial.
