2. I think I am good at reflecting on my automatic reactions and prejudices, which according to the textbook is an important aspect of being a good practitioner and listener. As a research assistant working in a clinical psychology laboratory, one of my responsibilities include interviewing community participants for over an hour every week to collect data on their stressful life events. Since I was given the opportunity to interview a wide selection of people from every race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status, I became aware of my own biases over time. I’ve come to recognize that I am not necessarily emphatic with male participants, and score their worries/stressful life events more harshly. By recognizing this pattern, I was able
