Dr Lighthead Works with Her Patients to Draw from Many

question 85

Multiple Choice

Dr. Lighthead works with her patients to draw from many of their strengths and successes in her therapy sessions. She often stresses the importance of achievements, strengths, and well-being while not dwelling on past issues of abuse, depression, and unmet goals. Based on the description of her work, Dr. Lighthead is likely to utilize ___________ in her sessions.

• A) structural psychology
• B) positive psychology
• C) optimist psychology
• D) transient psychology

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Definitions:

Unconscious Patronization

Subtle, unintended display of condescension or inferior treatment towards certain groups, often without the awareness of the individual.

Hindsight Bias

The inclination to feel that one would have foreseen or anticipated the result after an event has taken place.

Other-Race Effect

The tendency to recall faces of one’s own race more accurately than faces of other races. (Also called the crossrace effect and the own-race bias.)

Unconscious Patronization

Actions or speech that belittle someone without the awareness of the person engaging in such behavior.