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penguins

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A psychologist is seeing a client who reports that he/she is planning to kill his/her spouse. If the ruling in the Tarasoff case is applicable to this situation, the psychologist should
 
  a. maintain confidentiality and not share this information with anyone.
  b. break confidentiality and inform police of this threat.
  c. require the client to call police and inform them directly of the threat.
  d. break confidentiality and inform all appropriate persons, including the spouse, of the threat.

Question 2

In the Tarasoff case, the California Supreme Court ruled that
 
  a. the therapist should not have broken confidentiality at all.
  b. the therapist's actions were sufficient in the eyes of the law.
  c. the therapist should have warned additional people.
  d. the therapy conducted with the client caused the crime to be committed.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C



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