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MALKA215 Complex Human Behavior Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Kompleks menneskelig atferd
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
2020/2021
Curriculum
FALL 2020
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

This course will provide a nuancing of various principles of behavior and relate these principles to the understanding of complex human behavior.

Required preliminary courses

Coursework requirements from MALK4000-401, MALK4000-403, MALKA211, MALKA212, and MALKA214 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:

Knowledge

The student

  • can describe and discuss radical behaviorism as a philosophy of science
  • can describe and discuss important aspects of verbal behavior
  • can describe and discuss verbal governance and contingency shaping of behavior
  • can describe and discuss principles involved in joint Control
  • can describe and discuss important aspects of stimulus equivalence
  • can describe and discuss thenaming hypothesis
  • can describe and discuss Relational Frame Theory
  • can describe and discuss problem-solving, thinking, remembering, and higher-order classes of behavior

Skills

The student

  • can analyze variables influencing complex human behavior

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching and learning methods include lectures, discussion from readings, exercises and interteaching. Literature from the curriculum for the interteaching sequences are announced at the university’s digital learning platform.

Course requirements

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

  • 3 individual written assignments, each with maximum 6000 keystrokes including references

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

Grade scale A-F

Examiners

One internal and one external examiner will assess all exams.