MALKA215 Complex Human Behavior Course description

Coursework requirements from MALK 4000-401, 4000- 402 and 4000- 403, MALKA 211, MALKA 212, MALKA 213 and MALKA 214 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALKA215.

On successful completion of the course the student has the following learning outcomes

classified as knowledge and skills:

Knowledge

The student

• can discuss radical behaviorism as philosophy of science
• can discuss and analyze important aspects of verbal behavior
• can discuss rule governed behavior
• can discuss the principles involved in joint control
•  can describe, discuss and exemplify important terms and principles involved in stimulus equivalence
• can describe and discuss naming
• can describe and discuss problem-solving, thinking, remembering, and higher-order classes
• can describe and discuss Relational Frame Theory

Skills

• can analyze variables influencing complex human behavior

Behaviorism; philosophy of science; verbal behavior; rule-governed behavior; joint control; stimulus equivalence; naming; problem-solving; Relational Frame Theory.

The course will include lectures, exercises, discussion of read materials and oral presentations. The lectures will partly be based on interteaching sequences using literature from the curriculum.

Students submit 3 written assignments, each with maximum 3 pages including references, according to  the deadlines in the course schedule.

Individual written examination with invigilation, 4 hours.

Exam questions are in English. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. 

None

 A grading scale of A (highest) to F (lowest) where A to E is a pass grade and F is a fail grade

One internal and one external examiner