In a Study on Facilitated Communication, Headphones Were Used to Ask

Multiple Choice

In a study on facilitated communication, headphones were used to ask the communication-impaired person one question and the facilitator a different question (unbeknownst to the two parties) . Then the answers provided by the communication-impaired person with the help of the facilitator were examined. Findings indicated that the technique was __________.

A) successful; the facilitators conveyed the answers of their partners and ignored the questions they themselves were asked
B) a fraud; the facilitators were deliberately faking their answers
C) ineffective; the facilitators answered the question they were asked but believed they were answering the question asked of the others
D) ineffective; there were technical problems with the keyboard