Question

Dr. Wasserman has high hopes for the new antidepressant he is using with his clients. When they come for an appointment, he asks questions and looks for behaviors that support his hopes for this drug. Dr. Wasserman is unaware of these tendencies. Dr. Wasserman is demonstrating___________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Confirmation bias

Explanation:

Confirmation bias -

It is the type of method , by which people tends to replicate , favor and interpret from prior hypothesis or beliefs, is referred to as confirmation bias.

The people are very sure about the particular activity that they assume things will go according to their information.

Hence, from the question,

Dr. Wasserman is demonstrating Confirmation bias .