When Helping Professionals' Perceptions and Reactions to Clients Are Distorted

question 15

Multiple Choice

When helping professionals' perceptions and reactions to clients are distorted by their own past experiences and hurts, it is known as ________.

• A) transference
• B) countertransference
• C) overidentification
• D) credentialing

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Definitions:

Collectivist Societies

Societies that prioritize the group over the individual, emphasizing interdependence, cooperation, and social harmony.

Conformist

An individual who follows the rules, norms, and standards of a group in order to fit in, often at the expense of personal identity.

Individualist

describes a person or cultural orientation that values independence, personal goals, and self-reliance over group goals and interdependence.

Conformity Bias

Tendency for social psychology to treat group influence as a one-way process in which individuals or minorities always conform to majorities.