Artful Liars: Malingering on the Draw-A-Person Task

Malingering is a form of deception in which one fakes illness to earn (positive or negative) reinforcement. The purpose of the current research was to explore the ability of naïve participants to malinger distress on a clinical, projective measure (Draw-A-Person; DAP). In two experiments, individual...

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Main Author: Carmody, Dennis P. (Author)
Contributors: Crossman, Angela M.
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2011
In:Year: 2011
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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