Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: identify the goals of behavior analysis as a science: description, prediction, and control; explain the philosophical assumptions underlying behavior analysis: selectionism, determinism, parsimony, and pragmatism; define critical concept related human psychological development and provide specific examples; explain the role of assessment in applied behavior analysis; evaluate procedures for assessing the social significance of target behaviors; analyze the measurable dimensions of behavior; identify and describe the elements of useful scientific measurement; create and evaluate appropriate graphic representations of behavioral data; systematically manipulate independent variables and analyze their effects on treatment; study the effects of various independent variables using the reversal design, multi-element design, and their variants; compare and contrast positive and negative reinforcement and their application in a classroom setting; investigate behavior analytic perspectives on punishment as a behavior analytical technology; identify methods of implementing different behavior interventions; define “concept” and describe how stimulus generalization and discrimination contribute to concept formation; classify intraverbals by simple, compound, conditional, and function altering verbal biases and reinforcers controlling the response; describe ways that behavioral organizations can create a culture of ethical practice; and analyze instructional tactics for promoting generalized behavior change.