Provide an overview of what you are about to tell us and a preview of your researcher.
Is this person alive or dead? Actively researching or practicing or retired? Where do(did) they work?
Who are the populations (animals or humans) that they worked with?
What is their contribution to behavior analysis? What are they best known for?
End with a summary of what you did and that you are going to explain your findings.
Contribution to the literature
Your summary should include (about 4-5 paragraphs):
What were the common elements of the literature that you found?
Did you find any literature that did not fit the pattern?
Cite all sources using APA style. Be sure to use in text citations, even when you paraphrase materials.
Any more than 4 words in a row from an article is considered a quote. If you do not cite appropriately, this may result in an Honor Code referral.
YOU MAY USE UP TO TWO QUOTES IN YOUR PAPER.
Researcher Mock Interview
Create 5 questions that you would ask the researcher if given the chance. You do not have to contact the researcher or provide answers to the questions.
Implications of their work
Summarize your findings.
What impact did or does the person have?
How does their work impact clinical practice in their area, or basic behavior analytic knowledge?
What could you take from what you learned to apply to your own career as a beginning behavior analyst?
Should be about 2-3 paragraphs, properly cited.
Conclusion
End with a summary paragraph to wrap up your paper.
References
End with your references.
Note that in the reference section, you do not include the annotations (summaries) from your annotated bibliography. Only the references go in this section.
