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2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC 4150 - Principles of Behavior Analysis

Credit Hours 4
Dual Listed: PSYC 5040Prerequisite: PSYC 1030  
Description: This course is designed to provide an introduction to the field of Behavior Analysis. Behavior is examined as a part of the natural world, with primary focus on principles describing relations between behavior and its consequences. The basic behavioral principles of reinforcement, extinction, differential reinforcement, and punishment will be described within the contexts of everyday behavior and behavioral interventions. A behavioral approach to teaching and learning will be used in this course. A lab component will allow students to gain practice in application of course concepts.