Because He Thought That the Word Patient Implied That the Person

question 477

True/False

Because he thought that the word patient implied that the person entering therapy was sick and needed to be cured by an authority figure, Carl Rogers preferred to use the word client to refer to the person seeking therapy.

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Definitions:

Poisson Probabilities

The probability distribution that measures the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Classified Department

A division within an organization or publication that deals with categorized or sorted information, often in the context of classified ads or internal classification.

Telephone Calls

A form of verbal communication or data transmission over a distance through the use of a network specifically designed for this purpose.

Randomly

In a manner lacking any predictable pattern or plan, used in statistical sampling to ensure that every individual or element has an equal chance of selection.