FF:PSA_031 Comparative psychology - Course Information
PSA_031 Comparative psychology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Lubomír Vašina, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová - Timetable
- Wed 13:20–14:05 zruseno C21
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PSA_040 (Základy neurověd), PSA_001 (Biologické vědy)
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Psychology (programme FF, M-PS) (2)
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to understand, explain and to compare models and behavior and emotional theories on the human and subhuman level. Comparative psychology learns the students comparative approach to searched phenomena. Comparative psychology works with information from biology, neuroscience, neurology, evolution biology, phylogenetic and ontogenetic psychology and psychology of agression.
- Syllabus
- . Theoretical and philosophical basics of comparative psychology. Evolution of life, behavior and experiencing of human being. Evolution process and creation. Evolution process versus evolution theory. Psychological problem. Position of comparative psychology in system of humanities and in system of psychological sciences. Trans-discipline connection with biological sciences. Zoo-psychology, ethology, bionics and sociobiology. 2. Definition, subject and history of comparative psychology. Journey from Linnes works, over comparative morphology a zoology up to now. From era of anthropomorphism in animal behavior research, over experimental phase to system approach in interpretation of research data. Exceptional importance of zoo-psychology and behaviorism in development of comparative psychology. 3. Evolutional principle possibilities and limits. From Darwin to current pluralistic conceptions of evolution. Homology and analogy, quantitative and qualitative indexes. 4. Basic methodological approaches in comparative psychology. Laboratory and nature approach. Modeling in comparative psychology. Basic research techniques in comparative psychology. 5.Basic theories of instinct. Instinctive and learned behavior. Theory of motivation and behavior on sub-human and human level. Consummation and appetence behavior. Ritual. Intentional movements. Experimental research of motivation in animal behavior. 6. Comparative characteristics of emotional behavior. Aggression, aggressive behavior. Comparison of aggression on human and subhuman level. Types, mechanisms and coping mechanisms of aggression. Theory of aggression. 7. Comparative characteristics of socialization and social behavior. Game on subhuman and human level, meaning and comparison of data. 9. Reproductive behavior, Offspring care, territorial behavior. 10. Abnormal behavior on subhuman level. Definition abnormal a pathological behavior on subhuman level. Experimental induction of malfunctioned behavior. Experimental neurosis. Animal model of depression. Modeling of psychosis. Convulsive states. Problems of animals in Zoo. 11. Utilization of animal behavior knowledge in applied research. Critical analysis 12-14 Educational movie.
- Literature
- Barrett a kol.(2007):Evoluční psychologie.Portál, Brno.
- LORENZ, Konrad. Základy etologie : srovnávací výzkum chování. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1993, 254 s. ISBN 8020004777. info
- FRAŇKOVÁ, Slávka and Zdeněk KLEIN. Úvod do etologie člověka. 1. vyd. Praha: HZ Systém (Editio), 1997, 193 s. ISBN 80-86009-15-7. info
- BENEŠ, Jan. Homo sapiens sapiens : hominizace ve světle biologických behaviorálních a sociokulturních adaptací. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, 1990, 219 s. ISBN 8021001739. info
- VAŠINA, Lubomír. Homo sciendi cupidus : (kapitoly z komparativní psychologie). Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 83 s. ISBN 8021005394. info
- LORENZ, Konrad. Takzvané zlo. Translated by Alena Veselovská. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1992, 237 s. ISBN 8020402640. info
- TINBERGEN, N.: On aims and methods of ethology. Z. Tierps. 20, 410 - 433, 1963.
- POPPER, Karl R. and Konrad LORENZ. Budoucnost je otevřená : rozhovor v Altenbergu a texty z vídeňského Popperovského sympozia. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997, 127 s. ISBN 8070212039. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture (one hour per week)
- Assessment methods
- Essay 5-8 pages-A4 and oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/psych/index_cz.html
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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