1) The goals, procedures, and results of an intervention are socially acceptable to the client, the behaviour analyst, and society.

2) The use of outside yudges to determine whether a behavioural definition is a valid definition of a commonly used behavioural term.

3) A feature of measured results that includes (1) the social significance or importance of the goals, (2) the social appropriateness of the procedures, and (3) the social importance of the effects.