BIOL 3P60 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Herbert Spencer Jennings, Brown Rat, Endorphins
23 Jan 2018
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Lecture 1 biol 3p60 | january 9, 2018. Chapter 2: history and background to animal behaviour. Conlnuity in mental states: lower and higher animals. Aristotle"s scala naturae: great chain of being. A linear, conlnuous, progressive evolulon of species. Sponges, sh, amphibians, replles, birds, nonhuman animals, then humans. Animal mind and the human mind were simply point on a conlnuum. Humans and animals have similar processes; only di ers on complexity. Most o spring do not survive to reproduce. Not everyone has the same reproduclon output. Some individuals survive and produce more o spring due to inherited characterislcs. Di erenlal survival and reproduclon of individuals based on varialon in their behaviour, morphology, physiology, etc . Evolulonary change occurs as the heritable traits of individuals that survive and reproduce are spread through the populalon. Evolulon does not occur to an individual. Animal behaviour described using terms that denote human emolons and feelings. I. e. dogs express pleasure, shame, and love.
