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PHBA8220 Complexity, science and society Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Complexity, science and society
- Study programme
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PhD Programme in Behavior Analysis
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2022/2023
- Curriculum
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FALL 2022
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Required preliminary courses
General admission requirements for the Ph.D. Degree in Behavior Analysis.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- describe the scope and ambition of the complexity research field, and point to practical applications
- describe and discuss the essential concepts and research methods in complexity research. (Concepts include emergence, complexity, networks, self-organization, pattern formation, evolution and co-evolution, adaptation, chaos, cooperation, competition, interdependence, scaling, dynamic response, information and function. Methods include statistical methods, agent-based modeling, system dynamics and cultural analysis.)
- place their own research project in a complexity context
Content
Pass / Fail
Teaching and learning methods
General admission requirements for the Ph.D. Degree in Behavior Analysis
Course requirements
Students will be able to:
- describe and discuss essential concepts of behavior analysis, including the research methods of choice for investigating them
- describe and discuss the rationale for single-case research designs
- describe and discuss the radical behaviorist position on verbal behavior
- describe and discuss the radical behaviorist position on motivation
- describe and discuss the radical behaviorist position on selection on three levels outline strategies for investigating complex behavioral phenomena
- discuss the interpretation and integration of knowledge from other branches of behavioral sciences with behavior-analytic data
Assessment
- All papers approved,
- attendance in at least 80 % of the seminars, and
- approved paper presentation in final seminar.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
All
Grading scale
Pass / Fail
Examiners
All