A practitioner wants to demonstrate if reinforcing appropriate statements would reduce a client's disruptive talking (found to be maintained by attention). To evaluate empirically, it would be best to use which type of design?
A) Changing criterion design
B) Parametric design
C) AB design
D) Reversal design (ABAB)

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A reversal design (ABAB) is most suitable for demonstrating the effect of reinforcing appropriate statements on reducing disruptive talking. This design involves an initial baseline phase (A), an intervention phase where the reinforcement is applied (B), a return to baseline by removing the intervention (A), and a final phase where the intervention is reintroduced (B). This allows for clear observation of whether changes in the target behavior (disruptive talking) are directly related to the introduction and removal of the reinforcement strategy.

A Practitioner Wants to Demonstrate If Reinforcing Appropriate Statements Would