The item-total correlation is a statistic that gives information on

The process of generating information on the antecedents and consequences of the target behavior and the competing behaviors is referred to as:

a. environmental review b. self-monitoring c. functional assessment d. contingency assessment

A client who is afraid of flying describes a recent episode in which his/her job required her to take a one-hour flight. A client-centered therapist is most likely to respond by

a. acknowledging the anxiety that the client must have felt . b. pointing out to the client that he/she survived the flight and no catastrophe occurred, thus challenging the belief that flying is dangerous. c. offering social reinforcements including smiles and compliments to increase the likelihood that the client will fly again. d. offering the interpretation that the client's fear of flying may actually be a response (reaction formation) to an unconscious wish to "fly" away from home.