Which of the following is an explanation for the clinician's illusion?

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a) Clinicians are used to dealing with other clinicians, and thus they assume that most people are well-balanced, resilient, and perfectly able to handle their own stressors.

b) Clinicians tend to see only those who react emotionally to stress, so they overestimate people's fragility and underestimate their resilience.

c) Clinicians realize that their "fees" are usually going to be paid for by insurance companies, and thus assume that their clients will be highly motivated to improve as rapidly as possible so that they don't "run out" of benefits.

d) Clinicians recognize that because people tend not to think clearly and objectively about their own stressors, they assume that most people are not able to deal effectively with their own stressors.

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Jesse Hatfield

12 July, 03:07

Which of the following is an explanation for the clinician's illusion?

Group of answer choices

a) Clinicians are used to dealing with other clinicians, and thus they assume that most people are well-balanced, resilient, and perfectly able to handle their own stressors.

b) Clinicians tend to see only those who react emotionally to stress, so they overestimate people's fragility and underestimate their resilience.

c) Clinicians realize that their "fees" are usually going to be paid for by insurance companies, and thus assume that their clients will be highly motivated to improve as rapidly as possible so that they don't "run out" of benefits.

d) Clinicians recognize that because people tend not to think clearly and objectively about their own stressors, they assume that most people are not able to deal effectively with their own stressors.

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Marlene Kemp · Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is: b) Clinicians tend to see only those who react emotionally to stress, so they overestimate people's fragility and understimate their resilience.

Explanation: Clinicians have the tendency to overestimate the number of people with mental health issues because on their day to day work-life they treat a mayority of individuals that react emotionally to stress.

It is likely that they experience availability bias which is understood as the human tendency to think that examples of things that come readily to mind are more representative than they actually are.

Thus they experience the clinician's illusion which is the tendency to overestimate people's fragility and underestimate their resilience mainly because on a daily basis they tend to see only individuals who react emotionally to stress.