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PHBA8220 Complexity, science and society Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Complexity, science and society
Study programme
PhD Programme in Behavior Analysis
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2022/2023
Curriculum
FALL 2022
Schedule
Course history

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