The four goals of scientific research on behavior are to: a. describe, prescribe, eliminate, and undermine behavior. b. describe, predict, explain, and determine the causes of behavior. c. describe, analyze, eliminate, and determine the effects of behavior. d. describe, understand, explain, and modify behavior.

Describe , Explain ,Predict , Change

Explanation:

The first goal of scientific research to describe the behavior. by describing behavior we better understand the nature of the mind of human behavior and animal behavior. after describing the nature of behavior we explain that behavior. Why do people behave in such a particular manner? then to predict the nature of how we think and act in such a manner and we use that information in prediction about why, where, when this nature will happen in the future. finally, the researcher strives to change, influence or control behavior to make the behavior long-lasting and enhance human wellbeing, to modify the behavior.

elizabeth loftus conducted a study to observe the reliability of eyewitnesses during the 1970s. their baseline was to define how accurate are the recollections of eyewitnesses.

her studies do not support the use of eyewitness. loftus mentions in her work that we are not required to recall some experiences, meaning that rarely an individual eyewitness testimony is trustworthy. a good example is presented in her work, where all individuals watched a video and were than asked "about how fast were the cars going when they hit/smash? ". the testimonies changed based on the word she used to make the question (hit or smash), proving the fragility.