EPN-V2

MALKA211 Introduction to Behavior Analysis Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Introduksjon til atferdsanalyse
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2019
Schedule
Programme description

  • Required preliminary courses

    Coursework requirements from MALK 4000-401 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALKA211.

  • Learning outcomes

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

    classified as knowledge, skills and competence:

    Knowledge

    The student

    • can describe and discuss characteristics of behavior analysis as a science
    • can identify core concepts and relations concerning respondent conditioning
    • can identify core concepts and relations concerning operant conditioning
    • can discuss the differences between respondent and operant conditioning
    • can give an account for different measures of reliability
    • can discuss the difference between procedure and process
    • can identify the difference between sensation and perception
    • can describe the terms absolute and difference threshold, and how these are derived
    • can describe main structures and processes in different sensory modalities
    • can describe different methods of observation and recording of behavior, and assess the appropriate methods in different applied setting

    Skills

    The student

    • can observe and measure behavior

    Competence

    The student

    • can explain core concepts in behavior analysis to the public
    • can understand important aspects of behavior analysis as a science

  • Content

    Respondent and operant conditioning; reliability; sensation and perception; sensory modalities; observation and recording of behavior

  • Teaching and learning methods

    The course will include lectures, exercises, discussion of read materials. The lectures will partly be based on interteaching sequences using literature from the curriculum. Students complete a self-management experiment involving registration and change of one's own behavior. Exercises using software simulating animal experiments (Sniffy the Virtual Rat) are included in this course.

  • 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