The introductory topics will cover various approaches to the study of animals and their behavior.
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Key concepts in studies of animal behavior, emphasizing ethology, are covered in class and in the assigned readings from Scott (2005), supplemented by selections from other books, especially from classics in the field as well as selected videos. Next, key concepts in sociobiology are covered using readings from Alcock (2001), supplemented by selections from additional books and some video presentations
Course Currilcum
- Introduction: class requirements, various approaches to animal behavior and its study Unlimited
- Introduction to ethology; three–spined stickleback fish Unlimited
- Introduction to ethology (cont.); field studies of birds; Niko Tinbergen’s questions Unlimited
- Ethology (cont.); Konrad Lorenz’ Jackdaws Unlimited
- Ethology of geese; fixed action patterns and the CNS Unlimited
- Fixed action patterns and the CNS (cont.) Unlimited
- Input and output sides of innate behavior; motivation Unlimited
- Innate behavior and motivation (cont.); Lorenz on fundamentals of ethology: The “fixed action pattern” Unlimited
- Lorenz on fundamentals of ethology Unlimited
- Lorenz on fundamentals of ethology Unlimited
- Lorenz on fundamentals of ethology Unlimited
- Evolution; development & plasticity of behavior Unlimited
- Evolution; development & plasticity of behavior Unlimited
- Communication; Meerkats of the Kalahari Desert Unlimited
- Communication; Meerkats of the Kalahari Desert Unlimited
- Foraging; anti-predation behavior Unlimited
- Anti-predation behavior Unlimited
- Mating & reproduction Unlimited
- Introduction to sociobiology Unlimited
- Sociobiology subject matter Unlimited
- Wilson path analysis Unlimited
- Genetic influences on social behavior Unlimited
- Domestic cat; scientific method in sociobiology Unlimited
- Discoveries of sociobiology Unlimited
- Discoveries of sociobiology (cont.) Unlimited
- E. O. Wilson’s Sociobiology Unlimited
- Critique of cultural determinism Unlimited
- Sociobiology and culture; Practical issues and sociobiology Unlimited
- “The triumph of sociobiology”; Konrad Lorenz on learning Unlimited
- Konrad Lorenz on learning (cont.) Unlimited
- Konrad Lorenz on learning (cont.); Video: The Great Apes Unlimited
