4.9 Reason #3: Increased Effectiveness Part 3

The statement by the second analyst hinders effectiveness:

• The explanation of behavior given in future events distracts from what we can or have observed. 
• We are led to erroneously believe that the target of escalation is a specific person and might overlook that others might be a target (and possibly even cause harm). 
• In deciding what other information to explore, our options are now limited as to whether we should do more exploratory interviewing or observing.
• When we make recommendations for specific interventions, other behavior analysts will likely not understand why we advocate a particular response procedure and be more likely to disagree and dismiss it.