Course Contents
THEORY
Foundations of animal behavior: ethology, classical ethology
Development of beahvior: innate mechanisms, imprinting
Kinds of behavior: innate, conditioned, complex behaviour patterns, habituation.
Mechanisms of behavior: Nervous system and behavior, hormones and behavior,
Social behavior: agonistic, altruistic, kinship, mating, ritualization, dominance, territoriality
Biological rhythms: circadian clocks, clock genes etc.
Social organization: conflict, sexual behaviour, reproduction and fitness, parental care, social system.
Animal Communication: chemical attraction, in moths, honey bees, communication displays, pheromones etc.
PRACTICALS
1. Locomotory behavior of small animals, earthworm, garden snails etc.
2. Ear pinna reflex responses in domestic cats
3. Preparation of skinner box or maze for study of mouse or rat
behavior
4. Mother-pup bond in mice and rats
5. Infant killing behavior
6. Pecking behavior of chickens
7. Hiding behavior of chicks
8. Observation of birds nests and study of parental behavior
9. Altruistic behavior in monkeys
BOOKS RECOMMENDED
1. Dugatkin, L. A. 2012. Principles of Animal Behavior. W.W. Nortan and
Co. New York.
2. Scott, G. 2005.Essential Animal Behavior. Blackwell Pub. New York.
3. Goodenough, J., McGuire, B., Wallace, R.A. 2001.Perspective on
Animal Behavior. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Course Learning Outcomes
• Impart knowledge about animal responses to external stimuli
• Emphasize different kinds of behaviors classical and modern
• Concepts
• Explain through examples development, evolution and occurrence of
• behavior
• understand the genetic and neurophysiological basis of behavior
RECIPROCAL ALTRUISM | MATING SYSTEM | IMPRINTING
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Social behavior
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Biological rhythms
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Social organization
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Nervous system and behavior
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Nervous system and behavior
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Kinds of behavior
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Animal Communication
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hormones and behavior
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ethology, classical ethology
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Development of beahvior
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Foundations of animal behavior
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Book Title : Principles of Animal Behavior
Author : Dugatkin, L. A.
Edition : 2012
Publisher : W.W. Nortan and Co. New York.
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Title : Ethological Approaches
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