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