Does the A-B design demonstrate a functional relationship? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
No. You determine that a functional relationship exists when the target behavior changes if and only if the procedure is implemented and the process is repeated one or more times. There is no replication in an AB design.
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Regarding conversion disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. When a person has a conversion disorder, the symptoms tend to disappear when the victim is asleep or anesthetized. b. When a person has a conversion disorder, the symptoms tend to disappear when the victim is hypnotized. c. Victims of conversion reactions are strangely unconcerned about suddenly being disabled. d. Conversion disorders are one type of psychosomatic illness.
To test the effect of background music on class performance, Professor Jones plays soft background music for his introductory class and no music for his advanced class. He counts the number of "intelligent questions" in each class and reports more in the class with music. What are the two things wrong with this experiment?
a. Lack of an independent variable and lack of demand characteristics b. Lack of a control group and lack of a dependent variable c. Lack of random assignment and lack of blind observations d. Lack of a hypothesis and lack of a correlation