TUITION $250 CDN + APPLICABLE TAX. THIS IS AN ELECTIVE OPTION ONLY.
Course Title: Advanced Behavior Analysis 299
Instructor: James O'Heare, CABC, CDBC, PABC
Course Description:
Advanced Behavior Analysis 299 is a more advanced coverage of the principles of behavior and the behavior analytic orientation. This elective course is highly recommended for those who want a more advanced and in-depth coverage of the principles of learning / behavior and behavior analysis as a field of studying the natural science of behavior.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the assumptions of the natural science of behavior
- Explain and analyze the notion of behavior in operational / scientific terms
- Describe and analyze the functional relationship between behavior and the environment
- Identify and explain what explanatory fictions are
- Define, discuss and analyze the concept of concurrent contingencies
- Define and discuss function altering stimulation and multiple term contingencies
Topics Covered in Primary Course Text Chapters:
- Introduction
- A natural science of behavior
- Kinds of behavior: Definitions and classifications
- Functional relations in the science of behavior
- Explanatory fictions
- Behavior in its natural context
- Concurrent contingencies
- Analytical fallacies
- Multiple term contingencies of reinforcement
- Function altering stimuli: The analysis of context
Texts:
- General Behaviorology by Lawrence E. Fraley, Chapters I, 1-7 and 14-15. Click here.
- AABP Glossary
- Course Notes
Course Evaluation:
This course will be evaluated by short essay assignments that will reflect and demonstrate mastery of the course topics and achievement of the learning objectives. The final grade will be the mean average of the assignment grades.
Prerequisites: Principles of Behavior 104