If a therapist diagnoses ethnic minorities displaying the same symptoms as their European American counterparts as having schizophrenia whereas the therapist diagnoses the European American clients as having bipolar disorder, this therapist is demonstrating a
A) problem of treatment.
B) problem of identification.
C) bias of the user of the test.
D) bias in the usage of the test.

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This scenario illustrates a bias of the user of the test, where the therapist's personal biases or preconceptions about different ethnic groups influence their diagnosis, rather than the symptoms or the test itself being inherently biased.

If a Therapist Diagnoses Ethnic Minorities Displaying the Same Symptoms