An experiment in which specific areas of the brain are destroyed in a group of animals to observe the change in their sleep patterns from a pre-surgery baseline value is an example of a(n)
A) within-participants experiment.
B) between- participants experiment.
C) behavioral intervention experiment.
D) experiment with no control group.

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This experiment involves manipulating a variable (specific areas of the brain being destroyed) within the same group of animals (within-participants design) and comparing the changes in their sleep patterns to their own baseline values before the surgery. Therefore, it is an example of a within-participants experiment.

An Experiment in Which Specific Areas of the Brain Are