In Science & Human Behavior, B.F.Skinner (can be found on google) states "...We cannot avoid the problems raised by a science of behavior by simply denying that the necessary conditions can be controlled..." (p. 21). He goes on to note we in fact under certain conditions exercise control over many types of conditions.

He goes onto say that "We control the environment of the human organism in the nursery and in institutions which care for those to whom the conditions of the nursery remain necessary in later life. Fairly extensive control of conditions relevant to human behavior is maintained in industry in the form of wages and conditions of work in schools in the form of grades and conditions of work, in commerce by anyone in possession of goods or money, by governmental agencies through the police and military, in the psychological clinic through the consent of the controllee, and so on. A degree of effective control not so easily identified, rests in the hands of entertainers, writers advertisers, and propagandists. These controls, which are often al too evident in their practical application, are more than sufficient to permit us to extend the results of a laboratory science to the interpretation of human behavior in daily affairs for either theoretical or practical purposes. Since a science of behavior will continue to increase the effective use of this control, it is now more important than ever to understand the processes involved and to prepare ourselves for the problems which will certainly arise"

Discuss Skinner's description of these "controls", their relevance with regard to behavior, and why it is important these aspects of the science of behavior are recognized and understood.