A Clinician Using an ABAB Design to Reduce the Frequency

question 14

Multiple Choice

A clinician using an ABAB design to reduce the frequency of suicidal thoughts in a client finds that in suicidal thoughts, the second "A" condition, remain as low as they had been at the end of the first "B" condition. The clinician can be reasonably sure that:

• A) suicidal thoughts have been permanently reduced.
• B) the independent variable is controlling the suicidal thoughts.
• C) the client is ready for additional forms of treatment.
• D) the independent variable is not controlling the suicidal thoughts.

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