Eli's Therapist Uses Confrontation to Challenge Eli to Examine His

question 398

Multiple Choice

Eli's therapist uses confrontation to challenge Eli to examine his values and choices and to take responsibility to become the person that he wants to become. For Eli, these therapy sessions have brought about a renewed sense of purpose and a reappraisal of what's important in life. Eli's therapist is most likely a(n)

• A)existential therapist.
• B)psychoanalyst.
• C)client-centered therapist.
• D)behavioral therapist.

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Definitions:

Minimal Group Paradigm

Placing people into arbitrarily defined groups that have no important meaning is sufficient to trigger in-group and out-group processes and produce intergroup discrimination.

Social Identity Theory

A psychological theory suggesting that a person's sense of who they are is based on their group membership(s), which contributes to their self-esteem and behavior towards others.

Ultimate Attribution Error

A bias in which negative behaviors of out-group members are attributed to their character, while similar behaviors by in-group members are attributed to situational factors.

Intergroup Contact

The interaction between members of different social, ethnic, or cultural groups, which can reduce prejudice and improve intergroup relations.