Multiple Choice
A psychologist develops a behavioral treatment to decrease the frequency of a child's temper tantrums.In order to make a causal interpretation about the effectiveness of the treatment using an ABAB design,the most problematic initial baseline period would show
A) a stable pattern of temper tantrums.
B) a greater number of temper tantrums in the baseline period compared to the treatment period.
C) an increasing trend in the number of temper tantrums.
D) a decreasing trend in the number of temper tantrums.
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