MALKA215 Complex Human Behavior Course description

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• a minimum attendance of 80 % in teaching specified as ‘compulsory attendance’ in the lecture schedule programme
• a minimum attendance of 90 % in experience-based practical training with a scope of 10 days.
• subject note in groups of 2-3 students based on the development of an exercise plan and instruction of fellow student, 1400 words (+/- 10 %). The subject note will be subject to assessment.
• course in lifesaving first aid within the past year.

Coursework requirements for INTER1100 ‘The Same Child - Different Arenas’

• Submitted individual log. Scope: 500 words (+/- 10 %). In order to write the log, the student must first attend a seminar over two days.

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

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
• describe and discuss important aspects of verbal behavior
• describe and discuss verbal governance and contingency shaping of behavior
• describe and discuss principles involved in joint Control
• describe and discuss important aspects of stimulus equivalence
• describe and discuss the naming hypothesis
• describe and discuss Relational Frame Theory
• describe and discuss problem-solving, thinking, remembering, and higher-order classes of behavior

Skills

The student can

• analyze variables influencing complex human behavior

No aids are permitted.

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

• 3 individual written assignments submitted digitally, each with maximum 6000 keystrokes

All answers are assessed by two examiners.

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.

4 credits overlap with FYSIO1000, 6 credits overlap with MENDI1000, 1 credit overlaps with FYSIO1100 and MENDI1100, 5 credits overlap with FYSIO1200 and MENDI1200, 5 credits overlap with FYSIO1300, and 3 credits overlap with MENDI1300.

Grade scale A-F

One internal and one external examiner will assess all exams.