After being caught plagiarizing a paper for the third time, a distressed college student claims she has "overcompensation disorder" during a student-faculty adjudication, a condition that is not recognized in the DSM-5. How might a member of the committee evaluate this claim using critical thinking?

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Lorelei Sanchez

3 October, 15:42

After being caught plagiarizing a paper for the third time, a distressed college student claims she has "overcompensation disorder" during a student-faculty adjudication, a condition that is not recognized in the DSM-5. How might a member of the committee evaluate this claim using critical thinking?

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Answer:members of the commit will need to evaluate if a student show any signs of being mental disturbed or disoriented any signs that she may be having some serious mental issues.

Explanation:

They may do this by asking her questions relating to any recent even in her life or any questions that may be used to establish someone mental stability.

They can even establish this by unexpectedly inviting her friends to question them of any actions that they may have observed that seemed out of the ordinary or even the student's classmates who may not even closer to her.