Question

John ate two hamburgers before coming home. Upon his arrival, his mother said, "I baked your favorite dinner, let's eat." John replied, "No, thank you," and went straight to his bedroom. His mother was quite concerned. From the following choose the term that best describes the circumstances that contributed to John's reply of "No, thank you."

a. Motivational Operation
b. Establishing Operation

Answer 1

Motivational operation or establishing operation

Explanation:

Motivational operation is like a motivation for certain behavior. This motivational behavior will stop you and evoked some behavior. This is the motivation that encourages or discourages some behavior.

The main purpose of this behavior is to enhance or decrease a behavior or increase or decrease the value of reinforcement. This behavior could impact certain behavior. The motivation operation is harder for autistic people.

Thus here John ate two hamburgers before coming home. The condition that describes the situation is John's reply to motivational operation.