MALK4000-403 Behavior Analysis and Radical Behaviorism Course description

Coursework requirements from MALK 4000-401, 4000-402 and MALKA 211 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALK 4000-403

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge and competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• can discuss arguments for and against a natural scientific approach to human behavior
• can describe and discuss the philosophy of science that has description, prediction, and control as its goals
• can explain behavior analysis in a historical context
• can describe main philosophical views within a natural science approach including positivism, empiricism, and contextualism
• can describe and compare selection as an explanation of behavior on a phylogenic, ontogenetic, and cultural level
• can describe a functional analysis of verbal behavior
• can discuss necessary considerations when deciding which analytic units are appropriate for the experimental and the applied analysis of behavior
• can describe behavior change systems and behavior change procedures

Competence

The student:

• understand the implications of a natural scientific approach to behavior

The course will include lectures, exercises, discussion of literature. The lectures will partly be based on interteaching sequences using readings from the curriculum

Students submit 4 written assignments, each with maximum 3 pages including references, according to the deadlines in the course schedule

Exam content: Learning outcomes

Form of examination: Individual written examination with invigilation, 4 hours

Examine: One internal and one external examiner

Grading scale: A grading scale of A (highest) to F (lowest) where A to E is a pass grade and F is a fail grade

Examination support materials

None.

Syllabus

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Baum, W. M. (2017). Understanding behaviorism: Behavior, culture, and evolution (3rd ed.). Oxford, England: Blackwell.[E-book available: https://ezproxy.hioa.no/login?url=http://hioa.eblib.com/patron/Authentication.aspx?ebcid=5ed7493ae01d46ff8b7d0cdcd4af01f4&echo=1&userid=^u ]

Catania, A. C. (2013). Learning (5th ed.). New York, NY: Sloan.[Kap. 20-21, 23]

Delprato, D. J., & Midgley, B. D. (1992). Some fundamentals of B. F. Skinner's behaviorism. American Psychologist, 47 (11), 1507-1520. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.hioa.no/10.1037/0003-066X.47.11.1507

Flora, S. R. (2004). The power of reinforcement . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.[Kap. 4] [E-book available: https://ezproxy.hioa.no/login?url=http://hioa.eblib.com/patron/Authentication.aspx?ebcid=6a13eeeecbb247f999b658c1d2c8b02a&echo=1&userid=^u ]

Glenn, S. S. (2003). Operant contingencies and the origin of cultures. In K. A. Lattal & P. N. Chase (Eds.),Behavior theory and philosophy (pp. 223-242). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic Press.[E-book available: https://ezproxy.hioa.no/login?url=http://hioa.eblib.com/patron/Authentication.aspx?ebcid=ff94914bd7a943df9403051ea6049fcd&echo=1&userid=^u ]

Hayes, S. C., Blackledge, J. T., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2001). Language and cognition: Constructing an alternative approach within the behavioral tradition. In S. C. Hayes, D. Barnes-Holmes, & B. Roche (Eds.), Relational Frame Theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition (pp. 3-20). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.[E-book available: http://bibsys-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?docId=BIBSYS_ILS051964430&vid=HIOA ]

Hayes, S. C., & Brownstein, A. J. (1986). Mentalism, behavior-behavior relations, and a behavior-analytic view of the purposes of science. The Behavior Analyst, 9 (2), 175-190. [Full text available: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2741891/pdf/behavan00063-0041.pdf

Hollis, M. (1997). Invitation to philosophy (2nd ed.). Oxford, England: Blackwell.[Kap. 5]

Holth, P. (2001). The persistence of category mistakes in psychology. Behavior and Philosophy, 29 (1), 203-209. [Full text available: https://login.ezproxy.hioa.no/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=6708849&site=ehost-live ]

Johnston, J. M., & Pennypacker, H. S. (1993). Readings for strategies and tactics of behavioral research (2nd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.[Kap. 1]

Pierce, W. D., & Cheney, C. D. (2017). Behavior analysis and learning (6th ed.). New York: Psychology Press.[Kap. 1] [E-book available: https://ezproxy.hioa.no/login?url=http://hioa.eblib.com/patron/Authentication.aspx?ebcid=5ed7493ae01d46ff8b7d0cdcd4af01f4&echo=1&userid=^u

Ryle, G. (1949). The concept of mind. New York, NY: Barnes.[Kap. 1] [E-book available: https://www-dawsonera-com.ezproxy.hioa.no/abstract/9780203875858 ]

Sidman, M. (2008). Reflections on stimulus control. The Behavior Analyst, 31 (2), 127-135. [Go to full text: https://rdcu.be/KHAq ]

Skinner, B. F. (1981). Selection by consequences. Science, 213 (4507), 501-504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.7244649

Watson, D. L., & Tharp, R. G. (2014). Self-directed behavior: Self-modification for personal adjustment (10th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.[E-book available: https://www-dawsonera-com.ezproxy.hioa.no/abstract/9781473711389 ]

Artikler og kortere tekster vil bli gjort tilgjengelig i litteraturmappen for emnet i Fronter .

Anbefalt tilleggslitteratur

Dawkins, R. (1989). The selfish gene (30th anniversary ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.[E-book available: http://www.hioa.eblib.com.ezproxy.hioa.no/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=422874 ]

Svartdal, F., & Holth, P. (2010). Grunnleggende begreper: Operant betinging. In S. Eikeseth og F. Svartdal (Eds.), Anvendt atferdsanalyse: Teori og praksis (2nd ed., pp. 21-43). Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk.

(Literature list last updated: 2017-04-05 in the APA 6th style, lmb/Library Kjeller)