PSYC384-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Learning and Behaviour Analysis

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

What is the science of behaviour? Is such a science even possible? The topic of this course is behaviour of individual organisms. The major goal is to understand how behaviour depends on events in the environment - what are the basic principles that allow us to explain and predict behaviour? However, we also consider applications - how can we modify behaviour, or reduce the occurrence of maladaptive behaviour? We seek general principles that govern all behaviour, regardless of its type, placing rather less emphasis on the specific types of behaviour concerned (such as social behaviour, abnormal behaviour, etc). By the end of the course, you may expect to have a thorough grounding in the principles of learning and behaviour analysis, and to be well prepared for postgraduate courses in related areas. In addition, learning is an important aspect of individual functioning and an understanding of the principles involved is an important part of your education in Psychology whether or not you proceed to graduate study in these areas. Lectures introduce topics to facilitate your own reading and study. The approach taken in the course is to introduce some principles of behaviour change, consider some of the experimental studies, and where applicable, to examine their implications for dealing with human problems of living. Laboratory work will illustrate selected principles of behaviour management from classwork using animal subjects working in controlled environments.

Prerequisites

Equivalent Courses

PSYC349

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 E7 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 11:00 Rehua 005
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator

Randolph Grace

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Class Test 30%
Project Report 30%
End of Year Examination 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $942.00

International fee $4,988.00

* 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 PSYC384 Occurrences

  • PSYC384-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024