In Observing the Changes in Their Clients During Therapy, Psychologists

question 269

Multiple Choice

In observing the changes in their clients during therapy, psychologists often believe they get better results when using the type of therapy they favor.This illustrates the

• A) Barnum effect.
• B) observer effect.
• C) observer bias.
• D) anthropomorphic error.

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