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Multiple Controlling Relationships
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10.5 Formal Control Example #2

If you say “alligator” as a result of seeing the word “alligator,” this is also an example of formal control because there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response.

Formal Control

When a controlling variable evokes a response and has the following features:

There is point-to-point correspondence between the controlling variable and the response

Whether or not there is formal similarity between the controlling variable and the response

Formal characteristics of either the controlling variable or the response

Dynamic characteristics of either the controlling variable or the response

A woman is standing next to a note with the words alligator.
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