Question 26 (1 point)
When making clinical decisions, clinical psychologists must be aware of the universal
tendency to think in biased ways. Match the bias that clinicians try to avoid with an
example of it.
Upon meeting with her
client for 10 minutes, the
psychologist - who has
specialized her practice in
PTSD - thinks to herself
"this is PTSD, for sure" and
makes the diagnosis based
purely on her assuredness
on the diagnosis and
previous experience and
not on her client's story.
A referring physician tells
the clinical psychologist
that he thinks the client is
"faking" concussion
symptoms to support a
Worker's Compensation
claim. The psychologist,
then, primarily gives
assessments of malingering
and "faking bad" and
1. Confirmation Bias
2. Hindsight Bias
3. Overconfidence
