Tess Is Working with a Couple Who Has Reported Marital

question 40

Multiple Choice

Tess is working with a couple who has reported marital problems. She is working from a CBFT perspective and thinks that it would be helpful to have a detailed and accurate account of the problems the couple wants to work on. Tess asks the couple to log the frequency, duration, and severity of specific behavioral symptoms, such as their anger, outbursts, conflict, and social withdrawal. This is known as:

• A) necessary intake procedures.
• B) baseline functioning.
• C) creating a contingent environment.
• D) arbitrary inference.

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Definitions:

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