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#1. A behavior analyst is discussing the foundational principles of behaviorism with a new supervisee. They are specifically addressing how different schools of thought within behaviorism regard ‘private events’ (e.g., thinking, feeling). Which statement accurately distinguishes radical behaviorism from methodological behaviorism concerning private events?

Radical behaviorism ignores private events as behavior, while methodological behaviorism acknowledges them as behavior.

Radical behaviorism acknowledges private events as behavior, while methodological behaviorism ignores them as behavior.

Both radical and methodological behaviorism acknowledge private events as behavior, but only radical behaviorism attempts to directly measure them.

Both radical and methodological behaviorism ignore private events as behavior, deeming them outside the scope of scientific inquiry.

Radical behaviorism as established by BF Skinner is the philosophy of behavior science that we practice in ABA A core tenet of radical behaviorism is the acknowledgment that private events eg thoughts feelings sensations are indeed a form of behavior subject to the same laws of learning as publicly observable behaviors While we may not directly observe or measure them in the same way as overt behaviors we do not dismiss their existence or their behavioral nature Methodological behaviorism which preceded radical behaviorism took a more stringent view focusing solely on publicly observable behaviors and largely ignoring or denying the scientific relevance of private events The text explicitly states radical behaviorism acknowledges private events as behavior methodological behaviorism which ignored private offensive behavior they didnt acknowledge private events as behavior

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