#31 Mitch Fryling

I’m joined by Dr. Mitch Fryling to discuss functional thinking and open the aperture a bit, from a causal way of interpretation, to a field perspective. Mitch is gifted at making Interbehavioral philosophy approachable and even fun. We dissect what “function” points at, public vs. private events, and problems with mentalistic thinking. 

Artilcles discussed:

Are Thoughts Private:

https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/593/59335812001.pdf

OVERCOMING THE PSEUDO-PROBLEM OF PRIVATE EVENTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitch-Fryling/publication/272788235_Overcoming_the_pseudo-problem_of_private_events_in_the_analysis_of_behavior/links/54ee091c0cf25238f9397168/Overcoming-the-pseudo-problem-of-private-events-in-the-analysis-of-behavior.pdf

Emily Sandoz’ Interbehavior as a clinical focus in CBS: A response to Hayes and Fryling (2019) (full access available ACBS members) 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212144720302015?dgcid=rss_sd_all

If interested in training groups: marcel@marceltassara.com