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A successful executive left her job and became a housewife after her marriage to a plastic surgeon. She started doing volunteer work for a charity organization. She developed pain in her legs that advanced to the point of paralysis. Her physicians can find no organic basis for the paralysis. The client's behavior can be described as:
Correct answer
C
Rationale
A conversion reaction is a physical expression of an emotional conflict with no organic basis, such as paralysis in this case.