Engaging with each other is essential in an online course. Conversations strengthen your understanding of the new knowledge gained and increase your curiosity and awareness of those who share in this learning platform.

You have learned the terms mentalistic explanation and environmental explanation. Given your understanding of these terms, share in a conversation with the community of learners by engaging inONEof the following:

Provide a personal or professional example of a mentalistic explanation and an environmental explanation.

Compare and contrast the two explanations. How are they different?

Explain why behavior analysts avoid mentalistic explanations.

Describe a time that you have used an environmental explanation to analyze your own behavior.