Dr Foster Has Been a Clinical Psychologist for 15 Years

Dr. Foster has been a clinical psychologist for 15 years and has worked with hundreds of patients. One day, a patient comes to Dr. Foster's office and begins to describe his concerns and problems. Dr. Foster listens to what the patient says and observes the patient's posture, movements, and facial expressions. Based upon this information, Dr. Foster begins to get a sense of what the pattern of symptoms probably means. In which stage of Bowers's model of intuition is Dr. Foster operating?

A) the integrative stage
B) the generativity stage
C) the displacement stage
D) the guiding stage