The ABAB design is a very powerful logical tool testing whether the
same pattern of desired events appears when and only when the
intervention has occurred.
This design allows for three such
determinations of this logical principle in the first B, the second A,
and the second B.
A. True.
B. False.
Question 2Which of the following is an example of family aggregation?
A) Kim's suicide was apparently a reaction to her mother's abuse.
B) Jim and John, 21-year-old twins, are both schizophrenic.
C) Karen, her mother, and her grandmother all have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
D) Both Jane and her husband are alcoholic.
Question 3The reason the ABA is called the simplest advanced design is because
the second A phase tells us that when the intervention takes place is
there a desired change in the target.
A. True.
B. False.
Question 4The A-B Design can never prove causation (that the intervention
caused the change in the client's target behavior).
A. True.
B. False.
Question 5Which of the following is an accurate statement?
A. A baseline involves only systematic observation or measurement
with no planned intervention occurring.
B. An observation-only phase involves only systematic observation
or measurement with no planned intervention occurring.
C. Both of the above.
D. Neither of the above.
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