Ramon is a psychotherapist whose therapeutic orientation follows that of Maslow and Rogers
He readily has an explanation for why his depressed and anxious clients improve with treatment ("They have removed the conditions inhibiting a sense of worth from their lives") as well as why some of his patients fail to improve with treatment ("Important people in his/her life continue to thwart the development of self-actualization"). A critical thinker would recognize that Ramon's approach
A) cannot be falsified.
B) fails to rule out rival hypotheses.
C) lacks extraordinary evidence for his extraordinary claims.
D) reflects his own personal biases and therefore cannot be trusted.
Answer: A
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