MALK4000-403 Atferdsanalyse og radikalbehaviorisme Emneplan

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

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

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.

Individual written examination with invigilation, 4 hours.

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

None

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

One internal and one external examiner