IVc510 Concepts and Principles of Behaviour Analysis

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/3.7. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Vaďurová, Ph.D., M.Sc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Lenka Gajzlerová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Matúš Mader (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vendula Sunková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Lenka Gajzlerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
IVc510/KombiOst01: Fri 20. 9. 8:00–15:50 učebna 37, Fri 4. 10. 8:00–15:50 učebna 21, Fri 29. 11. 8:00–15:50 učebna 21, Fri 13. 12. 8:00–15:50 učebna 42, K. Pančocha, H. Vaďurová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course develops a theoretical and conceptual understanding of the field of science applied behavioral analysis. It deals with respondent and operant conditioning, issues in determining the social significance of potencial target behaviors and their sequence. It presents the principles of task analysis and analysis of relations between antecedents, target behavior and their consequences (so-called ABC recording). Furthermore, the course introduces the principles of shaping and chaining behavior, advanced approaches to increase or decrease the target behaviors and the principles of development of verbal behavior. The aim of the course is to learn students professional terms, concepts and principles of behavioral analysis. Students will learn to actively work with terms such as behavior, respondent and operant conditioning, reinforcement, extinction, punishment, stimulus control, shaping, chaining, generalization, maintenance, motivating operations, verbal behavior, etc.
Learning outcomes
Students can define advanced characteristics of Applied Behaviour Analysis.
Students are familiar with the history and development of behavioural theories.
Students are acquainted with the role and tasks of a behaviour analyst and his position in the health care system.
Student can describe and explain principles of learning and behaviour according to the scientific principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis.
Student understands functional relations between antecedents, behaviour and consequences (ABC model).
Students understand and apply to practice social communication training based on the analysis of verbal behaviour.
Syllabus
  • behavior, response, and response class
  • stimulus and stimulus class
  • respondent and operant conditioning
  • positive and negative reinforcement
  • schedules of reinforcement
  • positive and negative punishment
  • automatic and social reinforcement
  • unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized reinforcers and punishers
  • operant extinction
  • stimulus control
  • discrimination, generalization, and maintenance
  • motivating operations
  • rule-governed and behavior shaping
  • the verbal operants
  • feature stimulus class
Literature
    required literature
  • Ayllon, T., & Michael, J. (1959). The psychiatric nurse as a behavioral engineer. Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, 2(4), 323–334.
  • Cooper, J. O., Heron W. E., Heward W. L. (2019). Applied Behavior Analysis (3rd Ed). Pearson Education.
  • Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1 (1), 91-97
    recommended literature
  • Miltenberger, R. G. (2016). Behavior modification: Principles and procedures (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.
    not specified
  • Ingvarsson, E. T. (2016) Tutorial: Teaching Verbal Behavior to Children with ASD. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 9(2), 433-450.
Teaching methods
lecture, group discussion, discussion with experts, meeting and discussion with experts, problem learning, role plays, assigned reading (according to e-learning syllabus), group work and work with case studies
Assessment methods
- have at least 80% attendance
- assigned reading, fulfillment of tasks
- active participation in lectures and meetings with professionals and experts
- team project and final presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/podzim2024/IVc510/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 45 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/autumn2024/IVc510