Julie Went to Therapy for Three Years Straight, and Despite

question 108

Multiple Choice

Julie went to therapy for three years straight, and despite that others around her, including her husband, noticed no difference in Julie's outlook on life, she was convinced she had made significant progress. This may be best explained by ________.

• A)the placebo effect
• B)regression to the mean
• C)retrospective rewriting of the past
• D)the self-serving bias

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