BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY 11

BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY 11:740:240 Dr. J. Burger

LCB-Rm103(Tues 10:20-11:40 & 12:00 – 1:20)

Tillett - Rm 204 (Thursday 12:00-1:20)

J. Alcock: Animal Behavior (8^th ed)

Burger: A Naturalist Along The Jersey Shore (Rutgers Press)

Burger: Whispers In The Pines (Rutgers Press)

Date (Week of) Chapter Topic

17 January	1	Introduction: What is ethology, why study ethology, and what kinds of questions does an ethologist ask? Brief history of ethology.
	1-2	Methodology of ethology. Description-analysis-theory. Ethograms. Experimentation. Methodological problems.
		Complex behavior. Intention movements, ambivalent behavior, redirection, displacement, disinhibition hypothesis.
	5	Learning
28 February	FIRST HOURLY EXAM	(~100 points)
	5	Biological clocks
		Aggression, Concept, Biological factors.
	8	Dominance & Territory. Pecking orders, dominance webs, Territoriality and the use of space.
5 March	BOOK REPORT DUE	(100 points)
	9, 11	Displays and Communication. What is a display? Ritualization, message-meaning analysis, pheromones.
27 March	SECOND HOURLY EXAM	(100 points)
	7	Navigation & Orientation Foraging Behavior
10 April	2^nd BOOK REPORT	(100 points)
	12, 13	Social organization, animals in groups
	11	Evolution and Ecology of Behavior
14 April	Questionnaire Due	(50 points)
	4, 6	Endocrine control behavior
	4, 5	Neural Control
Last Class	THIRD HOURLY EXAM	(100 points)

BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY
Dr. Joanna Burger

Cuvier Trivers

St. Hilaire Krebs

Mill Emlen

Flourens Wilson

Spencer Lovejoy

Darwin Mock

Pavlov Goodall

Sechenov Fossey

Ebbinghaus Galdikas

Thorndike Alexender

Watson

Skinner

Hull

Hertheimer, Kobler, Koffka

Huxley

Heinroth

Whitman

Craig

Howard

Lorenz

Tinbergen

Von Frisch

Lehrman

Beach

Thorpe

Dilger

Marler

Mayr

Behavioral Biology Spring 2010 Book Report Grading Sheet (2^nd) Student Name:
Format		Development of Essay
Grammar and style (5)		Introductory information / Hypothesis & predictions (5)
Appropriate length (3)		Ideas follow one another (10)
Typed (2)		Breadth of species covered (20)
Hypothesis		Evidence or observation in support of hypothesis (30)
Approved (5)		Comparison to the shore (10)
Innovative or imaginative (5)		Interesting and informative (15)
TOTAL SCORE: /110

Behavioral Biology Spring 2010 Book Report Grading Sheet (2^nd) Student Name:
Format		Development of Essay
Grammar and style (5)		Introductory information / Hypothesis & predictions(5)
Appropriate length (3)		Ideas follow one another (10)
Typed (2)		Breadth of species covered (20)
Hypothesis		Evidence or observation in support of hypothesis (30)
Approved (5)		Comparison to the shore (10)
Innovative or imaginative (5)		Interesting and informative (15)
TOTAL SCORE: /110