Studyinfo subject MALKA213 2024 HØST
MALKA213 Laboratory Exercises — Experimental Analysis of Behavior Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Laboratorieøvelser — Eksperimentell atferdsanalyse
- Study programme
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Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap, deltid / Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap - spesialisering i begreper og anvendelse
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2024/2025
- Schedule
- Programme description
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- Course history
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Introduction
This course will show how behavioral principles and concepts from respondent and operant conditioning are applied in research and practice.
Required preliminary courses
Coursework requirements from MALK4000-401, MALK4000-403, MALKA211 and MALKA212 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALKA213.
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 the logic and the methodology of experimental designs
Skills
The student can
- demonstrate shaping of different types of behavior in animals by using computer software
- design and conduct experiments, either as single-case research designs or group designs
- write a manuscript in accordance with principles in the current edition of the APA manual, using data from the Experiments
- use the principles for citations and references as given in the current edition of the APA manual
- write a review of a scientific topic and presents results from an experiment in line with relevant ethical standards for writing research papers
Competence
The student can
- ask and argue for relevant research questions
- describe methods of Experiments
- present results from Experiments
- discuss the results achieved in an experiment
Teaching and learning methods
The course includes all-day seminars, hands-on exercises and discussion of different papers. Practical exercises are essential to this course and the exercises include the use of the software to conduct an experiment, and to write up the results from the experiment as a scientific paper. Students must have a laptop with the required software installed and means of payment for user license.
Course requirements
The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:
- None
Assessment
Individual written project examination in the form of a scientific article, on a selected topic, with a maximum length of 20 pages, including the title page, references, tables, and figures, but excluding appendices. The article should be written using Times New Roman 12-font with double spaced lines. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
All
Grading scale
Grade scale A-F
Examiners
All answers are assessed by one examiner.
An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.