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A.1Goals of behavior analysis as a science
Cooper says: Chapter 1
In plain English
Every science works at three levels. Description is collecting facts and observations. Prediction is finding correlations — when X happens, Y tends to follow. Control is showing that changing X actually changes Y, which is a functional relation. Control is the highest level and the one behavior analysts care most about, because a correlation alone can never tell you what caused the change.
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- Description: Park's caretaker writes down that Park coos 47 times a day. Just the facts, no explanations.
- Prediction: She notices Park coos more on days the bench is crowded. Useful, but she still doesn't know why.
- Control: She adds and removes people on the bench on purpose, and cooing rises and falls with it. Now she has a functional relation.
Park's tip
If a question describes someone noticing a pattern and stopping there, the answer is prediction. The word "control" only earns its place when something was actively changed.
Quick check
A teacher tracks tantrums for two weeks and sees they spike before lunch. She has reached which level of scientific understanding?
(Cover this and answer before you look: prediction — nothing was manipulated yet.)
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