To what does malingered memory refer?

Answer 1

The definition of malingering includes exaggeration as well as complete fabrication of symptoms.

There's three main ways this usually shows up, people will fake or exaggerate symptoms;
to avoid responsibility or punishment
to get money
to get drugs

Here's some more info:
http://www.reidpsychiatry.com/columns/Reid07-00.pdf

Answer 2

ma·lin·ger (m-lnggr)
intr.v. ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.

Abstract Clinicians generally operate under the implicit assumption that their clients are being honest and putting forth their best effort on assessment procedures. However, clients may realize substantial secondary gains by appearing impaired. The present study evaluates an objective assessment procedure for the detection of malingered memory deficits. Results demonstrate that college students instructed to malinger memory impairment show different patterns of responding and can be clearly differentiated from students performing their best and from actual memory-impaired patients. Applying one of two scores derived from this test to a sample of 20 students instructed to malinger, 20 control subjects, and 20 memory impaired subjects performing their best resulted in a 100% hit rate for normal controls and memory-impaired subjects, and a 65% hit rate for experimental malingerers.
This study was presented in a somewhat different form at the 10th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology; November, 1990; Reno. The test evaluated in this study is available to researchers upon request to the second author.

Answer 3

Malingering is pretending to be sick, or at least more sick than you are, to get out of work.
I think malingering memory could be like faking amnesia, or acting like your mental problem is worse than it really is.

Answer 4

Someone slagged off in the past?