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)an increasing trend in the number of temper tantrums.
B)a decreasing trend in the number of temper tantrums.
C)a stable pattern of temper tantrums.
D)a greater number of temper tantrums in the baseline period compared to the treatment perioD.

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A decreasing trend in the baseline period would make it difficult to attribute any further decrease in tantrums to the treatment, as the behavior was already improving before the intervention.

A Psychologist Develops a Behavioral Treatment to Decrease the Frequency