A researcher records the time a child spends interacting with other children during recess at school for 3 days. To increase the time the child spends interacting with other children, he is given a reward for spending 2 added minutes interacting with other children, then a larger reward for 4 added minutes; and then a larger reward for spending 8 added minutes interacting with other children. The level of reward was changed only after the child met the interaction time required at the previous reward level. What type of single-case design is described in this example?
A. multiple-baseline design
B. reversal design
C. changing-criterion design
D. quasi-experimental design
Ans: C
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