Author Question: In many applications of the A-B-A design, treatment is completely withdrawn in the appropriate ... (Read 39 times)

renzo156 · **on:** Jul 13, 2018

In many applications of the A-B-A design, treatment is completely withdrawn in the appropriate phase. In some other applications, a reversal design is used. In these cases,

a. the treatment is applied to a behavior that is incompatible with the target behavior.
b. the treatment's opposite is applied.
c. the treatment is applied to someone other than the target participant.
d. one starts with the treatment already in place, then withdraws it and then returns it.

Question 2

Mr. Murray teaches 3rd grade and has a student who is very disruptive in the classroom. He employs the help of a school psychologist to help him get rid of the disruptive classroom behavior (the student talking without raising their hand).

First, the school psychologist records the frequency of talking without hand raising of the one student for five days. Then the school psychologist has Mr. Murray give the student a piece of candy each time the student raises his hand before talking. This is done for five days. On day 11, the school psychologist has Mr. Murray stop giving the student the candy reinforcer. The behavior of talking without raising his hand returns and withdrawal data is collected for five days. Finally, the reinforcement is implemented permanently and the school psychologist records data for an additional five days. What type of single case design is this?

a. A-B-A design
b. interaction design
c. A-B-A-B design
d. changing criterion design