PSYC 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociobiology, Stranger Danger, Kin Selection
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Scientific method- observation, form hypotheses, testing and modification. Ethology- scientific hypotheses about animal behavior (from lower species to primates) Important part of our survival (farming, foraging- rely on knowledge of animal behavior) Outlined by niko tinbergen on the aims and methods of ethology . Low warning barks, ears flattened, low wagging tail= fearful/aggression. Step in to be the backbone for the dog (some dogs just don"t get it) Interrupt the dog (showing dog can"t do that for the comfort of other dog) Karl von frisch, konrad lorenz, nikolaas tinbergen- won nobel prizes: mechanism. Proximate: what stimuli elicit behavior, what sort of neurobiological and hormonal changes occur in response to or in anticipation of such stimuli, development. Proximate: how does behavior change as an animal matures, survival value. Ultimate: how does behavior affect survival and reproduction, evolutionary/phylogenetic. When did this behavior first appear from technology to internet. Ultimate- evolutionary forces- survival value and evolutionary/phylogenetic questions.
