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#1. Jaraya is scheduled for therapy on Saturday mornings. Sometimes, Jaraya tells his mom that he is tired and cannot work. When the therapist asks Jaraya’s mom how he is doing today, the mom responds, ‘He is tired and cannot work.’ In the context of Applied Behavior Analysis, the mom’s explanation for Jaraya’s behavior (telling her he is tired and cannot work) by attributing it to him ‘being tired’ is an example of which of the following concepts?
This scenario illustrates an explanatory fiction In ABA we avoid mentalistic explanations which attribute behavior to unobservable internal states or hypothetical constructs that cannot be directly measured or manipulated A hypothetical construct is a label for an unobservable internal state eg tiredness laziness ego frustration An explanatory fiction occurs when such a hypothetical construct is then used to explain away the very behavior it describes giving the false impression that a causeandeffect relationship has been identified In this case tiredness a hypothetical construct is used to explain why Jaraya says he is tired and cannot work This explanation offers no functional understanding or actionable insights into why the behavior occurs Circular reasoning by contrast occurs when the cause and effect are essentially the same statement providing no new information eg Timmy cant read because he has a learning disability and a learning disability means he cant read Noncontingent reinforcement is a behaviorchange procedure not a form of mentalism
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