Reification
A) consists of treating a hypothetical construct as something real rather than as a convenient term for something that cannot be observed.
B) is an erroneous way of thinking about hypothetical constructs.
C) can lead to the inappropriate use of hypothetical constructs as explanations for behavior.
D) all of the above.

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Reification involves treating hypothetical constructs as concrete, observable entities. This is an erroneous way of thinking about these constructs and can lead to inappropriate use as explanations for behavior. Therefore, all the given choices (A, B, and C) are correct.