ABA Exam CoachLessons · A. Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations
A.1 · Description, prediction, and control
Every science wants to understand its subject, and behavior analysis has three clear levels for that. Learn to tell them apart and a whole set of tricky questions gets much easier.
Key takeaway
Description means systematically observing and recording events. Prediction means showing that two events reliably covary. That is correlation, not causation. Control is the highest level: you manipulate a variable while holding others constant, behavior changes reliably, and you have shown a functional relation.
Description means systematically observing and recording events. Prediction means showing that two events reliably covary. That is correlation, not causation. Control is the highest level: you manipulate a variable while holding others constant, behavior changes reliably, and you have shown a functional relation.
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