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MALKA215 Kompleks menneskelig atferd Emneplan

Engelsk emnenavn
Complex Human Behavior
Studieprogram
Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap, deltid
Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap - spesialisering i innovasjon og implementering
Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap - spesialisering i begreper og anvendelse
Omfang
10.0 stp.
Studieår
2024/2025
Pensum
HØST 2024
Timeplan
Programplan
Emnehistorikk

Innledning

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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
  • describe and discuss important aspects of verbal behavior
  • describe and discuss verbal governance and contingency shaping of behavior
  • describe and discuss principles involved in joint Control
  • describe and discuss important aspects of stimulus equivalence
  • describe and discuss the naming hypothesis
  • describe and discuss Relational Frame Theory
  • describe and discuss problem-solving, thinking, remembering, and higher-order classes of behavior

Skills

The student can

  • analyze variables influencing complex human behavior
  • present theories of complex human behavior and the scientific data underlying these theories in a manner striving for fairness, honesty, and excellence

Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

In the BSCA specialisation, campus-based lectures, discussion from readings, exercises and Interteaching are the main teaching methods. Literature from the curriculum for the Interteaching sequences are announced at the university’s digital learning platform. In the BSII specialisation, the main teaching method is digital course sequences, and feedback on details of course content, and supervised discussion groups will be available during pre-determined time periods. Feedback on written assignments is used in both specialisations.

Arbeidskrav og obligatoriske aktiviteter

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

  • 3 individual written assignments submitted digitally, each with a maximum length of 6000 characters, including spaces. References are to be included in the 6000 characters.

Vurdering og eksamen

Individual school examination, 5 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

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.