Question

according zajoncs depiction of social facilitation, when others are present, people will tend to do better on simple or well - learned tasks and worse on complex or poorly learned tasks. yu and wu (2015) used this research to make recommendations for the security industry, seeking to influence the way x - rays of baggage are screened. which goal of science were yu and wu focused on?
○ prediction
○ control
○ description
○ explanation

Explanation:

The control goal of science involves using research findings to actively influence or change a process or behavior. Yu and Wu used existing social facilitation research to create recommendations aimed at altering how baggage X-rays are screened, which is an attempt to control and improve this real-world operational task. Prediction focuses on forecasting outcomes, description on documenting phenomena, and explanation on understanding why phenomena occur—none of these match their focus on changing practice.

Answer:

control