Behavior Modification

Master of Science in Animal Psychology

PSY 609

Breyer State University

Professor: JUAN KENIGSTEIN, PH.D, M.ED., GC-C

Syllabus

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to Behavioral Modification, a Masters level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Masters in Animal Psychology. I'm pleased to offer you this course. This is an exciting course. This course is designed to provide you with the basic principles of behavior so you ca learn how environmental events influence human behavior and to describe behavior modification procedures son that you can learn the strategies by which human behavior may be changed.

TIME FRAME: This is a three-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded six semester hours of credit. Students may accelerate, but may not complete this course in less than four weeks.

TEXTBOOKS: Thereare two (2) textbooks and one (1) article required for this course.

Book 1:  Behavior Modification Principles and Procedures (4rd. ed.) ISBN # 0-495-09153-7.

Book 2 :  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th. ed.) ISBN # 1557987912. ( http://www.apastyle.org/)

Article: O'Heare, J. (2008). An analytical valuation of 'differential negative reinforcement of successive approximations to alternative behavior' in changing aggressive behaviors: A contribution to the dialogue. Journal of Applied Companion Animal Behavior, 2(33-49). http://www.associationofanimalbehaviorprofessionals.com/jacab_issue_2.html

• The Challenge of Loose-Leash Walking: Strategies and Techniques by Caroline Spark, PhD, CDBC, CPDT
• The Facts About Punishment by S.G. Friedman, PhD, and Bobbi Brinker
• Anthropomorphism: How it Affects the Human–Canine Bond by Sarah Elizabeth Boni
• A Comparison of Common Treatments for Coprophagy in Canis familiaris by Broox Boze
• Early Introduction Age and Other Factors: Precursors to Feline/Canine Friendship? by Jacqueline Munera
• An Analytical Evaluation of “Differential Negative Reinforcement of Successive Approximations to Alternative Behavior” Procedures in Changing Aggressive Behaviors: a Contribution to the Dialogue by James O'Heare, CABC.
• Neurology of Learning: An Understanding of Neurology as the Basis of Learning and Behavior in the Domestic Dog by Christina Bond, CAP3, Dip.ACBS, BSc, MBA  

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