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PSYK2310 Behavior Analysis 3 - Experimental and Conceptual Behavior Analysis Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Atferdsanalyse 3 - Eksperimentell og konseptuell atferdsanalyse 
Study programme
Bachelor's Programme in Psychology with an Emphasis on Behavior Analysis
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2024/2025
Curriculum
SPRING 2025
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

The course provides an in-depth understanding of behavior analysis by describing in detail the theoretical basis for this science and presenting key findings from research.

Required preliminary courses

The student must have passed PSYK1420 and PSYK2200.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student can

  • describe the relationship between applied, experimental, and conceptual behaviour analysis
  • define the term summary label and explain how category mistakes can occur in the description and explanation of behaviour
  • describe how complex phenomena such as memory, verbal behaviour, private behaviour, and cognition can be understood in a behaviour analytic framework

Skills

The student can

  • discuss arguments for and against a behaviour analytic approach to understanding human behaviour
  • define and provide examples of behaviour analytic principles

General competence

The student can

  • discuss how the concepts of description, prediction, and control are part of the science of behaviour
  • describe considerations that need to be taken into account when developing unit of analysis in a science of behaviour

Teaching and learning methods

Pass/fail.

Course requirements

Assessment

Five credits overlap with the course PARA1000Communication, Ethics and Culture.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

For the tests: None

For the individual home examination: All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F. A grade will be awarded on the basis of the tests taken during the course (60%) and the result of the home exam (40%). The student has a right to appeal the overall exam grade for the whole portfolio.

Examiners

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

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.