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MALKA211 Introduction to Behavior Analysis Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Introduksjon til atferdsanalyse
Study programme
Master's Program in Behavioral Science
Master’s Program in Behavioral Science - Specialisation in Innovation and Implementation
Master’s Program in Behavioral Science - Specialisation in Concepts and Applications
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Curriculum
FALL 2019
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Required preliminary courses

Studenten møter ulike vurderingsformer i løpet av studiet. Dette har to hensikter, både å kunne vurdere alle sider ved studentenes lærerkvalifisering, samt å gi studentene erfaring med ulike vurderingsmetoder som er relevante for deres seinere arbeid i skolen med elevenes læring og vurdering. Nærmere informasjon finnes i den enkelt fag- og emneplan.

Learning outcomes

Godkjent av studieutvalget 16. november 2016.

Redaksjonell endring foretatt 3. juli 2017, 15. mai og 5. juni 2018 og 7. mars og 25. juni 2019.

Revisjon godkjent av utdanningsutvalget 25. januar 2021.

Redaksjonell endring lagt inn 11. mai 2021.

Gjeldende fra høstsemesteret 2021.

Redaksjonell endring lagt inn høst 2025

Content

Respondent and operant conditioning; reliability; sensation and perception; sensory modalities; observation and recording of behavior

Teaching and learning methods

The course will include lectures, exercises, discussion of read materials. The lectures will partly be based on interteaching sequences using literature from the curriculum. Students complete a self-management experiment involving registration and change of one's own behavior. Exercises using software simulating animal experiments ( Sniffy the Virtual Rat) are included in this course.

Course requirements

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

Assessment

Individual written examination with invigilation, 4 hours.

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

Permitted exam materials and equipment

None

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

Examiners

One internal and one external examiner