EPN-V2

MALK4000-403 Atferdsanalyse og radikalbehaviorisme Emneplan

Engelsk emnenavn
Behavior Analysis and Radical Behaviorism
Omfang
10.0 stp.
Studieår
2018/2019
Emnehistorikk
Pensum
VÅR 2019
Timeplan
Programplan

  • Forkunnskapskrav

    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.

  • Læringsutbytte

    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

  • Innhold

    Historical and philosophical context of behavior analysis; core concepts in behavior analysis; natural science; prediction and control; experimental designs; analytic units

  • Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

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

  • Arbeidskrav og obligatoriske aktiviteter

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

  • Vurdering og eksamen

    Individual written examination with invigilation, 4 hours.

    Exam questions are in English. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

  • Hjelpemidler ved eksamen

    None

  • Vurderingsuttrykk

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

  • Sensorordning

    One internal and one external examiner