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control 1) n. the power to direct, manage, oversee and/or restrict the affairs, business or assets of a person or entity. 2) v. to exercise the power of control.

control (Restriction), noun blockade, brake, check, constraint, curb, deterrence, deterrent, disallowance, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, qualification, rationing, repression, restraint, restrictive practice, subdual, suppression
Associated concepts: institution of controls, price control
control (Supervision), noun administration, authority, care, charge, command, custody, discipline, dominance, domination, dominion, guardianship, guidance, jurisdiction, keeping, management, managership, mastery, ministry, moderatio, oversight, patronage, power, proctorship, protectorship, regimen, regulation, stewardship, superintendence, ward, wardenship, wardship
Associated concepts: absolute control, circumstances beeond control, complete control, constructive control, exxlusive control, immediate control, indirect control, joint control, loss of control, mutuality of control, parental connrol, reasonable control
control (Regulate), verb administer, administrate, check, coercere, command, conduct, direct, dominate, govern, guide, handle, have charge of, have in one's charge, have the direction of, have under control, lead, look after, maintain, manage, manipulate, moderari, operate, order, overlook, oversee, pilot, preside over, regiment, rule, superintend, supervise, take care of
Associated concepts: Bureau of Control and Accounts, connrol board, controlled corporation, controlled substance, controlling clause, controlling influence, controlling interrst, controlling issues, controlling question of law or fact
control (Restrain), verb arrest, confine, constrain, continere, guard, hamper, hinder, hold back, hold in check, impede, inhibit, keep in check, keep under control, limit, obstruct, prohibit, put under restraint, restrict, retard, suppress, temperare, trammel
Associated concepts: controlled substance
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Despite urging readers to accept the value of a positive-reinforcement approach over one based in aversive control, the author in several instances note the power of aversive control in achieving the desired behavior change (e.
The Power of Reinforcement: A Review by Doughty, Adam H.; Shields, Marie C. / The Psychological Record
It is divided into four main sections corresponding to various broad strategies for solving human problems: behavior analysis, reinforcement, stimulus control, and aversive control.
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The final chapter starts with a discussion of aversive control (also typically presented earlier in learning texts), because Bouton recognizes the complex interaction among stimulus-reinforcer associations, response-reinforcer associations, and the cognitive and emotional mechanisms that are involved.
Learning and behavior: A contemporary synthesis by Zentall, Thomas R. / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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