A Physician Is Typing on a Computer When a Patient

question 8

Multiple Choice

A physician is typing on a computer when a patient asks a question. The physician responds to the patient but does not stop typing or use the patient's name. Which type of presence is the physician demonstrating?

• A) Physical presence
• B) Transcendent presence
• C) Full presence
• D) Partial presence

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Definitions:

L-Data Technique

A methodological approach in psychology that involves using life record data, such as school records or survey responses, to assess personality.

Real-Life Settings

Environments or situations that occur in the natural, everyday world, outside of controlled or artificial experimental conditions.

Questionnaires

A method of research involving a series of written or oral questions to gather information from respondents.

Human Nature

The inherent characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving, that all humans are presumed to share.