Behaviorists assess effectiveness in therapy by:

A. Asking for reports of emotional improvement from the client
B. Doing in-home observations of families in action
C. Hooking up people to bio-feedback machines
D. Taking baseline measurements of behaviors at the beginning of therapy and using them as a starting point from which change can be measured


ANS: D

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