In Clinical Assessment, the Clinician Has Two Distinct Functions: _______

question 26

Multiple Choice

In clinical assessment, the clinician has two distinct functions: _______ and _______.

• A) gathering data; integrating data
• B) analyzing data; interpreting data
• C) interpreting data; integrating data
• D) interpreting data; making a judgment

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Definitions:

False Consensus Effect

The tendency to overestimate how much other people share our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.

Opinions

Personal beliefs or judgments that are not necessarily based on fact or knowledge, reflecting individual perspectives.

Self-Serving Bias

A common human tendency to attribute positive events to one's own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

Internal Attributions

The process of ascribing the cause of one's own or others' behavior to personal traits, dispositions, or abilities, rather than to external factors.