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Default Nov 18, 2019 at 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Rohag View Post
Additionally, I believe I observe a "progress bias," analogous to confirmation bias, among clinicians and therapists. That is, caregivers are often predisposed to see signs of progress, grant undue weight to those signs, and either ignore or downplay evidence to the contrary among their patients.

Psychologically weakened patients themselves may unconsciously abet progress bias by wanting to please the caregiving authority figure with reports that make the latter happy.

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