INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL SECTION ON MEASURING COGNITIVE PRODUCTS IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

This article introduces a special section of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology titled ''Measuring Cognitive Products in Rese arch and Practice.'' The practice of cognitive behavior therapies-and research an their effectiveness and the validity of the models of psyc hopathology and therapy associated with these treatments-requires vali d assessment of cognition. Cognitive variables can be considered at se veral levels; the main focus of the articles in this special section i s on techniques suited to measurement of cognitive products, thoughts, and images of which people are conscious.