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MALKA215 Complex Human Behavior Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Kompleks menneskelig atferd
Study programme
Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap - spesialisering i innovasjon og implementering / Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap - spesialisering i begreper og anvendelse
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2022/2023
Curriculum
FALL 2022
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
  • 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

Teaching and learning methods

In the BSCA specialisation, campus-based lectures, discussion from readings, exercises and Interteaching are the main teaching methods. Literature from the curriculum for the Interteaching sequences are announced at the university’s digital learning platform. In the BSII specialisation, the main teaching method is digital course sequences, and feedback on details of course content, and supervised discussion groups will be available during pre-determined time periods. Feedback on written assignments is used in both specialisations.

Course requirements

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

  • 3 individual written assignments submitted digitally, each with a maximum length of 6000 characters, including spaces. References are to be included in the 6000 characters.

Assessment

Individual home examination, 5 hours. Exam questions are in English. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. 

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F

Examiners

One internal and one external examiner will assess all exams.