EPN-V2

MALKA215 Kompleks menneskelig atferd Emneplan

Engelsk emnenavn
Complex Human Behavior
Omfang
10.0 stp.
Studieår
2020/2021
Emnehistorikk
Pensum
HØST 2020
Timeplan
Programplan

  • Innledning

    This course will provide a nuancing of various principles of behavior and relate these principles to the understanding of complex human behavior.

  • Forkunnskapskrav

    Coursework requirements from MALK4000-401, MALK4000-403, MALKA211, MALKA212, and MALKA214 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALKA215.

  • Læringsutbytte

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

    Knowledge

    The student

    • can describe and discuss radical behaviorism as a philosophy of science
    • can describe and discuss important aspects of verbal behavior
    • can describe and discuss verbal governance and contingency shaping of behavior
    • can describe and discuss principles involved in joint Control
    • can describe and discuss important aspects of stimulus equivalence
    • can describe and discuss thenaming hypothesis
    • can describe and discuss Relational Frame Theory
    • can describe and discuss problem-solving, thinking, remembering, and higher-order classes of behavior

    Skills

    The student

    • can analyze variables influencing complex human behavior

  • Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

    Teaching and learning methods include lectures, discussion from readings, exercises and interteaching. Literature from the curriculum for the interteaching sequences are announced at the university’s digital learning platform.

  • Arbeidskrav og obligatoriske aktiviteter

    The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

    • 3 individual written assignments, each with maximum 6000 keystrokes including references

  • 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

    Grade scale A-F

  • Sensorordning

    One internal and one external examiner will assess all exams.