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MALKA215 Complex Human Behavior Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Kompleks menneskelig atferd
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2017/2018
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2017
Schedule
  • Required preliminary courses

    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.

  • Learning outcomes

    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
  • Content

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

  • Teaching and learning methods

    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.

  • Course requirements

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

  • Assessment

    Fagplanen tilhørende dette emnet er lagt på emne M1GEN2100 Engelsk 1, emne 1.