A Psychologist Wishes to Test a Behavioral Modification Therapy That

question 51

Multiple Choice

A psychologist wishes to test a behavioral modification therapy that is claimed to improve the behavior of pre-teen autistic children.She randomly selects 20 pre-teen autistic children and exposes half of the group to the behavioral modification therapy while the other half continue with their standard treatment regimen.A standardized behavioral test is administered to each child both before and after his/her respective treatment.The population in this experiment is:

• A) all pre-teen autistic children.
• B) the behavioral modification therapy.
• C) the standardized behavioral test scores.
• D) the 20 selected pre-teen autistic children.