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Animals in Human History
Amateur and Professional Studies |
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| 2-3 |
Introduction to Ethology
Tinbergen's Four Questions
Field Studies of Birds |
Homework 1 due at Lec #3 |
| 4 |
Lorenz' Jackdaws |
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| 5 |
Ethology of Geese
Fixed Action Patterns and the Central Nervous System |
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| 6 |
Input and Output Sides of Innate Behavior
Motivation |
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| 7 |
Motivation (cont.) |
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| 8 |
Lorenz on Fixed Action Patterns |
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| 9 |
Lorenz on Innate Releasing Mechanisms |
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| 10 |
Models, Hierarchies and Chains of Action Patterns |
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| 11 |
Spatial Orientation
Multiple Motivations |
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| 12 |
Interlude: Evolutionary Genetics - Guest Lecturer, R. Lewontin |
Homework 2 due |
| 13 |
Evolution of Behavior, Genes, Learning |
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| 14 |
Navigation, Migration, Communication |
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| 15 |
Communication (cont.) |
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| 16 |
Foraging |
Homework 3 due |
| 17 |
Anti-predator Behavior |
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| 18 |
Anti-predator Behavior (cont.) |
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| 19 |
Mating and Reproduction, Introduction |
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| 20 |
Sociobiology Introduction |
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| 21 |
Sociobiology Subject Matter |
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| 22 |
Genes and Behaviors |
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| 23 |
Sociobiology and Science |
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| 24-25 |
Discoveries of Sociobiology |
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| 26 |
Video: Portions of two programs on the behavior of the domestic cat, showing similarities with larger cat species |
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| 27 |
Videos on the Behavior of Apes |
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| 28 |
Cultural Determinism and Sociobiology |
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| 29 |
Sociobiology and Culture |
Homework 4 due two days after Lec #29 |
| 30 |
Practical Issues in Study of Adaptation |
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| 31 |
The Triumph of Sociobiology |
Homework 5 due two days after Lec #31 |
| 32-35 |
Student Project Presentations |
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| 36 |
Student Project Presentations (cont.), Review |
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| 37 |
Exam Review Session |
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