| Course title | Behavior |
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| Course code | KBI/E127 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | unspecified |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 7 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | unspecified |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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1. The roots of ethology, behavioral ecology and sociobiology Tinbergen´s four questions, ultimative and proximative causation 2. Adaptation, fitness, fitness cost x benefits, strategy, tactics, heredity of behaviour, altruism 3. Ethology: Lorenz, Tinbergen, von Frisch, ethology terms 4. Neural x humoral regulation, decision making, aggression 5. Social behaviour, hierarchy, 6. Social systems, mating systems 7. Sexual behavior, alternative reproduction strategy parent-parent conflict 8. Parental behaviour, parental investment, parent-offspring conflict, offspring -offspring conflict, helpers, infanticide, sex ratio 9. Maintenance behavior I. 10. Maintenance behavior II. 11. Signals and communication 12. Ontogeny, play, learning, memory, nurture versus nature, personality 13. Normality and "abnormal behaviour", human ethology 14. Evolutionary psychology
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Students will get an introduction to Ethology, Behavioral Ecology, and Sociobiology. The chapters containing Human Ethology, and Evolutionary Psychology are also included. Basic terms, and principles connected to the behavior at these fields of study with examples explaining both animal and human behavior are given.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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