The Author of the Text Suggests That the Primary Purpose

question 9

Multiple Choice

The author of the text suggests that the primary purpose of self-disclosure is _________ ___________________________________.

• A) building a friendship with the client
• B) making clients feel more comfortable
• C) helping clients achieve their goals
• D) demonstrating therapist expertise and superiority

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Definitions:

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A statistical theorem that provides a bound on the probability that the value of a random variable deviates from its mean by more than a certain multiple of its standard deviation.

Standard Deviations

Measures the amount of variation or dispersion from the mean in a set of data points.

Empirical Rule

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all data will fall within three standard deviations (denoted as sigma) of the mean.

Numerical Descriptive Measures

Statistics that quantitatively describe or summarize features of a collection of information, such as mean, median, mode, and range.