PSYC334-17W (C) Whole Year 2017

Learning and Behaviour Analysis

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 8 September 2017

Description

This course deals with learning and emphasises the way in which events in an individual’s environment control his/her behaviour. Laboratory work illustrates selected principles of behaviour control using animal subjects in controlled environments.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you may expect to have a thorough grounding in the principles of learning and behaviour control, and to be well prepared for graduate courses especially Behavioural Interventions and Experimental Analysis of Behaviour.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Anthony McLean

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Test 31 Mar 2017 30%
Project Report 30%
Final Exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Mazur, James E; Learning and Behavior ; 7th Ed; Prentice Hall, 2013.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,635.00

International fee $7,050.00

* 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 .

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