To Examine How a Reward Influences a Desired Behavior, a Mother

question 48

Multiple Choice

To examine how a reward influences a desired behavior, a mother first counts the number of times her son makes his bed over a two-week period. For the next two weeks, she gives him a reward every time he makes his bed. Following this period, she stops rewarding him and again counts the number of times he makes his bed. This procedure would be an example of a(n) _____ design.

• A)pretest-posttest
• B)baseline treatment
• C)control series
• D)ABA

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