Terrance has had a difficult time dealing with stress lately because of past traumatic experiences that have been bothering him. He goes to see a therapist and tells her his problem. His therapist, Janice, recently read an article about adjustment disorder. She suggests that Terrance may have this disorder and diagnoses him accordingly.Janice’s diagnosis is not purely based on her client’s symptoms but is partially influenced by the –. Because as a trained psychologist Janice should be aware of her susceptibility to faulty thinking, her mistake is an example of the –.confirmation biasavailability heuristicbias blind spotpresent/present bias

Terrance has had a difficult time dealing with stress lately because of past traumatic experiences that have been bothering him. He goes to see a therapist and tells her his problem. His therapist, Janice, recently read an article about adjustment disorder. She suggests that Terrance may have this disorder and diagnoses him accordingly.Janice’s diagnosis is not purely based on her client’s symptoms but is partially influenced by the –. Because as a trained psychologist Janice should be aware of her susceptibility to faulty thinking, her mistake is an example of the –.

Agustín is looking for a new album to listen to and searches throughout a record store, comparing several different albums. He finds an album that he remembers hearing two of his friends praise in the past. Agustín thinks that because two of his friends liked it, he will like it too; however, he fails to notice that he has many other friends who have not told him their opinions on the album.What type of faulty thinking is Agustín displaying?confirmation biasbias blind spotpresent/present biasavailability heuristic

Alicia has been referred to a psychologist due to complaints about anxiety. In the interview she reports that her singing teacher complains she is shy and withdrawn. She also reports that she is an active member of her religious community. Contemporary clinical psychologists view this as:Group of answer choicesevidence of the problem of multi-informant assessment.evidence that Alicia is an unreliable informant.evidence of conditions in which symptoms are less severe.evidence of the need for projective tests to circumvent self-report biases.

DSM and ICD critics question whether (a) trauma/stressor-related disorders are distinct from anxiety disorders, (b) posttraumatic stressis a reaction or disorder, (c) adjustment disorder is a “wastebasket” diagnosis, and (d) prolonged grief should be a disorder.• PDM frames PTSD/complex PTSD as a relational problem in which therapists must avoid inflicting secondary trauma.• Trauma is assessed along HiTOP’s “Internalizing,” “Thought Disorder,” and “Externalizing” spectra dimensions.• As part of moving away from a medical model, PTMF prefers the term “adversity” to “trauma

What kind of stress is 'personal appearance'? aCognitive (thinking) bPersonal Behavior cEnvironmental dLife Situation eBiological