ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: BBS20205f11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Basis of animal psychology
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr Irena Zwolińska-Bartczak
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: after completing the course student knows what mechanisms regulate animal behaviour, how to observe and to recognize different forms of animal behaviour and also in which way to interpret results of those observations and properly deal with them.
Competences: Passing the course permits conducting behavioural investigations of animals, understanding of mechanisms regulating reactions of animals and selecting the proper method to deal with them.
Prerequisites: Zoology, animal physiology
Course content: Physiological basis of animals’ behaviour (especially learning); stress and its effect on animals’ reactions; different forms of animal behaviour(especially in uncharacteristic situations etc.), dealing with animals(during transport, etc.)
Recommended literature: Sadowski B., Chmurzyński J., A.: Biologiczne mechanizmy zachowania. PWN, Warszawa, 2006 Scott G.: Essential Animal Behavior. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Assessment methods: Completion of practical training plus test (lectures); minimum 65% of knowledge to pass.
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