Learning and Applied Behavior Analysis

Catalog description

This course focuses on the environmental determinants of behavior and behavior change. The first two-thirds of the course highlight current concepts and research in Pavlovian and operant conditioning, reinforcement, discrimination, extinction, punishment, avoidance learning, etc. The remaining third of the course emphasizes applied behavior analysis (aka: behavior modification); that is, how these learning concepts and principles can be successfully applied to education, parenting, therapy, medicine, and everyday life.