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Animal Behavior, Fall 2005

 
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Type: Course Related Materials
Grade Level: Post-secondary
Author: Schneider, Gerald
Subject: Science and Technology
Institution Name: M.I.T.
Collection Name: MIT OpenCourseWare

Abstract: Most of the major categories of adaptive behavior can be seen in all animals. This course begins with the evolution of behavior, the driver of nervous system evolution, reviewed using concepts developed in ethology, sociobiology, other comparative studies, and in studies of brain evolution. The roles of various types of plasticity are considered, as well as foraging and feeding, defensive and aggressive behavior, courtship and reproduction, migration and navigation, social activities and communication, with contributions of inherited patterns and cognitive abilities. Both field and laboratory based studies are reviewed; and finally, human behavior is considered within the context of primate studies.

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Course Type: Full Course
Material Types: Audio Lectures, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Syllabi
Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs, Audio
Language: English

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