Following Is a Brief Client-Interview Exchange

question 13

Multiple Choice

Following is a brief client-interview exchange.
Client:  I felt like my cabin was the most cohesive group in camp. Yet, I felt some personal problems at the time. I wanted to become a therapist and wondered if I wasn't simply being selfish and using my ability to help others as a way to avoid myself.
The following counselor responses are in reaction to the client. Indicate which are attending and which are nonattending.
"I've had personal problems too. But I don't think I'm selfish."

• A) attending
• B) nonattending

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Definitions:

Subtraction

The mathematical process of taking one quantity away from another, or the removal of elements from a set.

Object Permanence

The conviction that an object exists even when it is out of sight. Piaget believed infants didn’t develop this level of understanding until the age of at least eight months.

Egocentrism

The inability to differentiate between one’s own perspective and someone else's perspective, often seen in early developmental stages.

Preoperational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children aged 2 to 7 years think symbolically but are not yet able to perform operations or reason logically.