Animal Cognition
Durham
Liberal Arts :: Psychology
Online Course Delivery Method: Online Synchronous
Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
Class Size:
20
CRN: 12792
CRN: 12792
Do animals use language or have a culture? Can birds count? Do animals use tools and understand how they function? How do ants navigate their environment to find food and then return to their nest? How animals perceive, attend to, process, store, and represent information from their environment. Research on animal learning and behavior as a framework for investigating cognitive processes in animal learning. Quantitative versus qualitative nature of differences between people and non-human animals. Multidisciplinary approach including the fields of anthropology, physiology, philosophy and biology.
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Prerequisite(s): (PSYC 401 and PSYC 402 and PSYC 502 and (PSYC 513 or PSYC 521) ) or (NSB 500 and NSB 501 and NSB 502 and NSB 503)
Only listed campus in section: Durham
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course
Instructors: Jan Tornick
Times & Locations
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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8/26/2024 | 12/9/2024 | TR | 3:40pm - 5:00pm | ONLINE |
Booklist
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COMPARATIVE COGNITION
(15)
by OLMSTEAD Required
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