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PHBA8210 Learning and complex behavior: Advanced concepts - research and application Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Learning and complex behavior: Advanced concepts - research and application
Study programme
PhD Programme in Behavior Analysis
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2024/2025
Programme description
Course history

Required preliminary courses

General admission requirements for the Ph.D. Degree in Behavior Analysis

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • describe and discuss essential concepts of behavior analysis, including the research methods of choice for investigating them
  • describe and discuss the rationale for single-case research designs
  • describe and discuss the radical behaviorist position on verbal behavior
  • describe and discuss the radical behaviorist position on motivation
  • describe and discuss the radical behaviorist position on selection on three levels outline strategies for investigating complex behavioral phenomena
  • discuss the interpretation and integration of knowledge from other branches of behavioral sciences with behavior-analytic data

Content

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Teaching and learning methods

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Course requirements

  • All papers approved,
  • attendance in at least 80 % of the seminars, and
  • approved paper presentation in final seminar.

Assessment

Portfolio.

Portfolio requirements: 4 reaction papers

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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Grading scale

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Examiners

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