Relationship between melioration and the controlling variables

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (4):588-589 (1996)
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Knowledge of specific instances of melioration does not imply knowledge of the variables controlling behavior. Drug self-administration has been successfully analyzed in terms of standard variables such as the immediacy and magnitude of the drug reinforcer. An appeal to melioration may not be necessary.

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