The Textbook Discusses Facilitated Communication, a Technique That Has Been

question 40

Multiple Choice

The textbook discusses facilitated communication, a technique that has been touted as allowing communication-impaired people to express themselves via a keyboard operated with the help of a facilitator.In fact, the technique

• A) has been scientifically validated and is cited as an example of the successful application of ideas about automatic processing.
• B) is controversial, with evidence both for and against its effectiveness, and is cited as an example of the limits of the scientific method.
• C) was discredited since scientific evidence indicated that in fact, the facilitators unknowingly communicated their own responses rather than those of the other.
• D) has been superseded by a more powerful technique and is used as an example of the pace of scientific progress.

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