Sharon frequently causes diarrhea in her three-year-old daughter by feeding her spoiled milk and rotten eggs. When the child is repeatedly hospitalized, Sharon acts like a very worried and caring mother. Because Sharon is not playing the sick role and receives no obvious reward for her behavior, the most appropriate diagnosis is ____
a. complex somatic symptom disorder with somatization features
b. factitious disorder
c. factitious disorder imposed on another
d. malingering
C
Psychology
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a) conventional morality. b) preconventional morality. c) postconventional morality. d) a lack of morality.
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