Which of the following is a means of evaluating progress toward goal achievement that is most suitable in cases that involve the intensity of unpleasant personal feelings or sensations?

A. Goal attainment scaling
B. Intensity rating
C. Change-oriented hypotheses
D. Subjective rating


ANS: D
Means of evaluating progress toward goal achievement include frequency counting and subjective rating. Subjective rating requires that you, clients, or other people make relative judgments concerning the extent, duration, frequency, or intensity of a targeted phenomenon. Subjective ratings also work well for problems that involve the intensity of unpleasant personal feelings or sensations.

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