School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Capella University

PSY5260 Philosophical Foundations of Behaviorism

[Instructor Name]

[Due date]

Description, Prediction, and Control
[Directions: Using a scholarly tone, explain in common language why each goal is important for a practicing behavior analyst and how it can contribute to our base of knowledge. You may fill in your responses in the spaces below and delete the prompts noted in the brackets [ ].]

Description
[One paragraph.]

[Citing your textbook: If you mention the name of the author of the textbook, cite the textbook by including the year of publication in parentheses after the name. For example, “According to Jones (2015), the goal of…”. If you do not mention the author’s name, but paraphrase or quote information from the text, cite the textbook by including the year, author, and page number in parentheses after the statement. For example, The evidence suggested a growth in the population of online learners. (Jones, 2015, p. 23).]

Prediction
[One paragraph.]

Control
[One paragraph.]

Goals of Science Table

Goals of Science
Example 1
Example 2
Description

Prediction

Control

Reference
[Sample reference, add your textbook here. Make sure you include an in-text citation in all the places it was used in the paper above]

Jones, S. A. (2015). Psychosocial textbook (4th ed.). Publisher.