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experimental control

experimental control In this historical passage, experimental control means bringing a mental or emotional condition into a form that can be deliberately produced and studied in an experiment.

In this historical passage, experimental control means bringing a mental or emotional condition into a form that can be deliberately produced and studied in an experiment. The text emphasizes that emotional states are especially difficult to place under such control.