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Instructor: | Dr. Bruce E. Hesse |
E-mail: |
bhesse@csustan.edu | |
Office Hours: |
Room 231D Bizzini
Hall, Psyc. Dept. Office |
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Phone: |
(209) 667-3255 | |
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Class Meets: |
Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 10:10-11:08am in Room 136 Bizzini Hall |
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Class Web: |
http://psyc.csustan.edu/bhesse/psy4720 |
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Textbook: |
Behavior Analysis and Learning 3rd edition by Pierce & Cheney |
Welcome to the foundation course in Behavior Analysis! In this course you will become familiar with the theory and methods underlying research in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB). This course is based on the science of Behavior Analysis. EAB research uses nonhuman subjects (pigeons, rats, monkeys) as well as humans and will include such topics as the functional analysis of behavior, respondent and operant conditioning, stimulus control, schedules of reinforcement, choice, verbal behavior and verbally governed behavior. "The word of authority is more unyielding than the facts of which it speaks" (B.F. Skinner)
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