Ivana tells her father that her throat hurts and asks for cough syrup. However, Ivana's throat doesn't really hurt; she is just pretending to have a sore throat because she loves the taste of cough syrup. This is an example of self-handicapping.

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Final Answer : False, Explanation :  This scenario is an example of malingering, where Ivana is pretending to be ill for a secondary gain (in this case, to get cough syrup she likes), rather than self-handicapping, which involves creating obstacles to one's own success to have an excuse for potential failure.

Ivana tells her father that her throat hurts and asks for cough syrup. However, Ivana's throat doesn't really hurt; she is just pretending to have a sore throat because she loves the taste of cough syrup. This is an example of self-handicapping.

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