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Animal Behaviour: Psychology

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Animal Behaviour: Psychology

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    1. Animal Behaviour: Psychology/Biology 3750 Fall 2011: Week 1 Sept 7 2011

    2. INSTRUCTOR & TEACHING ASSISTANT Anne Storey, SN3091, Office hours: MF, 10:00-11:30; W 1-2 astorey@.mun.ca Mariana Kroll, SN2082, Office hour: 1-2 Wed mary.kroll@gmail.com

    3. Course Materials TEXT: Dugatkin, L. 2009, Principles of Animal Behaviour, Norton, 2th ed.

    4. Lecture Outlines on WEB http://dogsbody.psych.mun.ca (no www) Scroll down to Psychology 3750 - Find PowerPoint files. - If no PP, to view, get PowerPoint “viewer” from Mi crosoft.com - to print: B&W, handouts

    5. Evaluation 25%, Midterm Exam; 40%, Final Exam 35 % assignments (some group work)

    6. Other business…. Initial class roster and provide e-mail address on your class list sheet

    7. Reading in Dugatkin Friday, Sept 9 & Monday, Sept 12: Chapter 1 Wed, Sept 15, Chapter 2

    8. Why learn about animal behavior? - Historical interest (Fig. 1.2 – 1.4) - Current: basic and applied

    9. MUN is a great place to study Animal Behaviour ‘Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology Graduate Programme’ - faculty in the Psychology and Biology departments

    10. Basic research & Applications of Animal Behavior Knowledge Commercial enterprises. Examples? Conservation. Examples? Application to our species?

    11. Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology Graduate Program: example – parental behavior of murres

    12. Commercial: habitat for juvenile cod Piglet foragingPiglet foraging

    13. Conservation: Endangered Newfoundland Pine Marten Polar bear moviePolar bear movie

    14. Application to our species? Chimp tool use movieChimp tool use movie

    15. COURSE FOCUS Behaviour is the organism’s interface between the environment and its physiology /genes

    17. Proximate vs Ultimate Causation of Behaviour (Tinbergen’s four questions) Ultimate: evolution Proximate: individual’s lifetime

    18. Proximate vs Ultimate Causation of Behaviour (Tinbergen’s 4 questions) Ultimate Questions (Evolution) Function (why) 2. Evolution (how)

    19. Proximate vs Ultimate Causation of Behaviour (Tinbergen’s 4 questions) Proximate questions (Individual) 3. Mechanisms 4 Development

    20. Why do birds sing? (White-crowned sparrow)

    21. Why do animals display? (Lizard) Video: 2-2, 2-6Video: 2-2, 2-6

    22. Why do birds sing?

    23. Why do birds sing/animals display? UltimateCausation Function - The WHY question How to test for function? How does behavior increase survival and/or reproductive success

    24. Function: Red epaulet display: red-winged blackbirds (Hansen &Rohwer 1986)

    25. Function: Effects of darkening red epaulets

    26. Ultimate causation: 2. Evolution Use evolutionary history to understand behavioral solutions

    28. Why do birds sing and mammals mark?

    29. Origin of mating display Use related species to track change of function

    30. Empid flies – empty balloon gift?

    31. Proximate Questions: 3. mechanism Why do birds sing? External Triggers Photoperiod changes Conspecific behavior

    32. Proximate Questions: 3. mechanism Why do birds sing? Internal factors - neural and hormonal factors

    33. Hormone changes in birds during reproduction Ball, 1991

    34. Brain areas associated with bird song

    35. Proximate Questions: 4. Development Is singing innate or learned? When does song learning occur? Critical period?

    36. Young white crowned sparrows learn song from their fathers

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