PSYC415-18W (C) Whole Year 2018

Research in Experimental Analysis of Behaviour

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 September 2018

Description

Advanced topics in the study of operant behaviour including core material on stimulus and schedule control of behaviour, and animal perception and cognition.

Our goal is to understand the basic processes and principles that explain choice behaviour of animals.  This is an active area of current research, and we will bring students up to speed on recent developments and controversies.  We will pay particular attention to quantitative models which have been developed to account for choice, although no special mathematical background is assumed or required.  

This is a research-based course, and meets the research requirement of the BA (Hons) degree in Psychology.  It will take you through the process that leads to research in the area:  reading and reviewing the existing literature, identifying questions the answers to which might clarify or advance the area, designing and conducting research that answers such a question, and preparing a written report on it.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator / Lecturers

Anthony McLean and Randolph Grace

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Lab Report No. 1 50%
Lab Report No. 2 30%
Presentation/Class Participation 20%

Textbooks / Resources

NO SET TEXT BOOK

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,964.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .

All PSYC415 Occurrences

  • PSYC415-18W (C) Whole Year 2018