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#1. A parent reports that their child, Truman, frequently lashes out at his siblings. When asked why Truman behaves this way, the parent states, ‘Truman lashes out when he is tired or frustrated.’ According to the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and the philosophical foundations of behaviorism, which of the following concepts BEST describes the parent’s explanation?
The parents statement Truman lashes out when he is tired or frustrated is an example of an explanatory fiction In ABA an explanatory fiction occurs when a hypothetical construct an unobservable inferred state like tired or frustrated is used to explain the cause of a behavior but it does not actually provide a testable or functional account The explanation merely relabels the behavior or attributes it to an internal state without identifying the environmental variables that control it While tired and frustrated are hypothetical constructs A using them to explain the behavior makes the entire statement an explanatory fiction Circular reasoning C would be for example Truman lashes out because he has a behavior disorder and his behavior disorder causes him to lash out where the cause and effect are simply restatements of each other Mentalism D is the overarching philosophical position that explains behavior in terms of inner unobservable states thoughts feelings intentions of which explanatory fictions hypothetical constructs and circular reasoning are specific manifestations or examples The statement itself Truman lashes out when he is tired or frustrated is precisely the definition of an explanatory fiction in this context
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