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MALK4000-403 Behavior Analysis and Radical Behaviorism Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Atferdsanalyse og radikalbehaviorisme
Study programme
Master's Program in Behavioral Science
Master’s Program in Behavioral Science - Specialisation in Innovation and Implementation
Master’s Program in Behavioral Science - Specialisation in Concepts and Applications
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Curriculum
SPRING 2020
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Required preliminary courses

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

Learning outcomes

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

classified as knowledge and competence:

Knowledge

The student

  • can discuss arguments for and against a natural scientific approach to human behavior
  • can describe and discuss the philosophy of science that has description, prediction, and control as its goals
  • can explain behavior analysis in a historical context
  • can describe main philosophical views within a natural science approach including positivism, empiricism, and contextualism
  • can describe and compare selection as an explanation of behavior on a phylogenic, ontogenetic, and cultural level
  • can describe a functional analysis of verbal behavior
  • can discuss necessary considerations when deciding which analytic units are appropriate for the experimental and the applied analysis of behavior
  • can describe behavior change systems and behavior change procedures

Competence

The student

  • understand the implications of a natural scientific approach to behavior

Content

Historical and philosophical context of behavior analysis; core concepts in behavior analysis; natural science; prediction and control; experimental designs; analytic units

Teaching and learning methods

The course will include lectures, exercises, discussion of literature. The lectures will partly be based on interteaching sequences using readings from the curriculum.

Course requirements

Students submit 4 written assignments, each with maximum 3 pages including references, according to the deadlines in the course schedule.

Assessment

Individual written examination with invigilation, 4 hours.

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

Permitted exam materials and equipment

None

Grading scale

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

Examiners

One internal and one external examiner