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Sep 27, 2024
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2021-2022 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PSYC 21800 - Animal CognitionCourse Credit: 1 Maximum Credit: 0 ANIMAL COGNITION Animal cognition is designed to attract students from a variety of disciplines (especially psychology, biology, anthropology and neuroscience), to explore the comparative science of cognitive processes in a wide range of animals, including humans. We examine research from a number of different fields and perspectives, including experimental psychology, ethology, neuroscience, physical anthropology, biology, evolutionary psychology, and developmental psychology. The course covers a wide range of animal abilities , including associate learning, navigational abilities, perceptual and memory processes, quantitative abilities, observational learning and imitation, and self-awareness, cooperation, language and the capacity to teach others. Prerequisite(s): PSYC-10000 [HSS]
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