Evaluate Claims about Facilitated Communication
Stress the difficulty and importance of establishing construct validity
by showing the video
"Prisoners of Silence." If you do not have the video, you
may be able to rent it for about $13.40 plus shipping and handling from
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The video highlights the
difficulty of making inferences from behavior and the importance of using
double-blind techniques. You could argue that it is "Clever Hans" revisited, but students find it fascinating.
For a more structured approach to using the "Prisoners of Silence" video, click here
here.
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