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Control (goal of science)

The highest level of scientific understanding: showing that manipulating one variable reliably changes another, with extraneous variables ruled out.

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Turning attention on and off as a consequence reliably raises and lowers a child's calling out.

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BCBA A.1 · Behaviorism and Philosophical FoundationsThe scientific goals of behavior analysis: description, prediction, and control

Correlation
Description (goal of science)
Functional relation
Prediction
Contrived reinforcers
Convergent multiple control

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