A counselor makes the inferential error of availability heuristic when she
a. uses only one treatment approach for each DSM diagnosis.
b. is exposed to a powerful experience that keeps a certain point of view in her mind and then she interprets clients’ problems from that point of view, whether it is appropriate or not.
c. is overly influenced by her own experiences when making assumptions about clients.
d. subscribes to only one psychological theory regardless of the client’s presenting problem.
e. gets hung up on one hypothesis about the root of a client’s problem, resulting in missing important information offered by the client.
Answer: b
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