Caroline has been seeing her therapist for several months.Although her symptoms have improved only slightly,she believes that the therapy is worth the cost and effort.Caroline's belief is likely due to

A) a confirmation bias.
B) effort justification.
C) transference.
D) posttraumatic growth.

Effort Justification

Effort justification is a concept in social psychology that explains the tendency of individuals to attribute a greater value to an outcome they had to put effort into achieving, compared to an easily attained outcome.

Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Transference

In psychotherapy, the process by which patients project feelings about important people in their lives onto the therapist.