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Lecturer(s)
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Jozífková Eva, doc. RNDr. Ph.D. et Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The roots of sociobiology and the critique, evolution of social behavior 2. Mechanisms of social behavior: genetics of behavior, eusociality, altruism, cognition of relatives, the size of the society, tradition, social learning and modification of social behavior 3. Mechanisms of social behavior: signals and communication, aggressiveness, home range and territory, social hierarchy, dominance, role and caste, sexual behavior, mating systems, parental care, social symbiosis 4. Social behavior of invertebrates I 5. Social behavior of invertebrates II 6. Social behavior of fish and amphibians 7. Social behavior of reptiles 8. Social behavior of birds 9. Social behavior of mammals (hoofed animals, rodents) 10. Social behavior of mammals (primates, carnivora, proboscidea) 11. Social behavior of man 12. Presentation of the articles
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Major goal is to have students become familiar with this field of study focused on social behavior (e.g. behavior of society member oriented toward group members or toward a society), namely with 1) evolution of social behavior 2) mechanisms of social behavior 3) social behavior of focused taxon
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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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Recommended literature
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Texty ve studijních oporách k tomuto předmětu..
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Alcock J. The Triumph Of Sociobiology. New York, Oxford University Press 2003..
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Barrett L., Dunbar R., Lycett J. Evoluční Psychologie Člověka. Praha: Portál 2007.
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Flegr J. Evoluční biologie.. Academia Praha, 2005.
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Choe J.C., Crespi B.J. The evolution of social behaviour in insects and arachnids. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997.
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Krebs J.R., Davies N.B. Behavioural Ecology An Evolutionary Approach. Fourth ed. University Press, Cambridge 1997.
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Špinka M., Havlíček J., Štolhoferová I., Frynta D. Etologie. Mechanismy, ontogeneze, funkce a evoluce chování živočichů. Academia, 2024. ISBN 978-80-200-3556-1.
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Trivers R. Natural selection and social theory. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002.
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Veselovský Z. Obecná ornitologie. Academia, Praha 2001..
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Wilson E.O. Sociology. The Abridged Edition. Harvard University Press, USA, 1998.
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Wilson E.O. Sociology. 25th Anniversary Edition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2000.
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