MALKA213 Laboratory Exercises — Experimental Analysis of Behavior Course description

Coursework requirements from MALK 4000-401, 4000- 402, MALKA 211 and MALKA 212 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALKA213.

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• can describe the logic and the methodology of experimental designs

Skills

The student

• can demonstrate shaping of different types of behavior in animals by using CyberRat software

• can design and conduct experiments

• can write a manuscript in accordance with principles in the current edition of the APA manual, using data from the experiments

• can use the principles for citations and references as given in the current edition of the APA manual

Competence

The student

• can ask and argue for relevant research questions

• can describe methods of experiments

• can present results from experiments

• can discuss the results achieved in an experiment

Experiments; simulations; APA-manual, manuscripts.

The course will include lectures, hands-on exercises and discussion of literature. In addition, practical exercises are central to this course. Such exercises include the use of CyberRat software to conduct an experiment, and the employment of the results from this experiment to write a scientific article.

None

Individual written examination (hjemmeeksamen), 3 weeks, maximum 25 pages double spaced Times New Roman size 12 including references.

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

All

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