A detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled.

Section 1 : The possibility of a science of human behavior --Can science help? -- A science of behavior -- Why organisms behave -- Section 2 : The analysis of behavior -- Reflexes and conditioned reflexes -- Operant behavior -- Shaping and maintaining operant behavior -- Operant discrimination -- The controlling environment -- Deprivation and sanitation -- Emotion -- Aversion, avoidance, anxiety -- Punishment -- Function versus aspect -- The analysis of complex cases -- Section 3 : The individual as a whole -- "Self-control" -- Thinking -- Private events in a natural science -- The self -- Section 4 : The behavior of people in groups -- Social behavior -- Personal control -- Group control -- Section 5 : Controlling agencies -- Government and law -- Religion -- Psychotherapy -- Economic control -- Education -- Section 6 : The control of human behavior -- Culture and control -- Designing a culture -- The problem of control -- Index. Section 1: The possibility of a science of human behavior -- Can science help? -- A science of behavior -- Why organisms behave -- Section 2: The analysis of behavior -- Reflexes and conditioned reflexes -- Operant behavior -- Shaping and maintaining operant behavior -- Operant discrimination -- The controlling environment -- Deprivation and satiation -- Emotion -- Aversion, Avoidance, Anxiety -- Punishment -- Function versus aspect -- The analysis of complex cases -- Section 3: The individual as a whole -- Self-control -- Thinking -- Private events in natural science -- The self -- Section 4: The behavior of people in groups -- Social behavior -- Personal control -- Group control -- Section 5: Controlling agencies -- Government and law -- Religion -- Psychotherapy -- Economic control -- Education -- Section 6: The control of human behavior -- Culture and control -- Designing a culture -- The problem of control.