PSYC 353 - Comparative Behavior

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Two hours lecture; two hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: PSYC 121 and either BIOL 103 or BIOL 131.
Cross-Listed: BIOL 353

Study of animal behavior from viewpoints of zoology, ethology and comparative psychology. Topics may include, but are not limited to, animal sensory capacities, motor capabilities and coordinating mechanisms; classification of behaviorial traits; analysis of instinctive behavior, learned behavior, social behavior, animal communications and evolutionary significance of social organization.