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Lecturer(s)
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Sedláček František, prof. RNDr. CSc.
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Šumbera Radim, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Ethology and related disciplines, behavioural models - ethological, cybernetic, neurophysiological; data communication and processing. Neural systems - structure and function; sensory, association and motor braincetres; neural networks; homoeostasis. Sense organs - structure and function; threshold values; localization and identification; neural cognitive maps. Motor systems - reflex, tonic control; spontaneous pike generators; innate behavioural programs. Motivation; selective attention; arousal. Learning - physiological mechanisms; types and localization of memmory; bird song. Concept in ethology - appetence; spontaneity; peripheral and central stimulus filtration; starting mechanism, key stimulus. Time hierarchy of behaviour; conflicting behaviour; periodicity; orientation; neural a humoral regulation. Ontogeny of behaviour; behaviour genetics; rituals. Game, imprinting, habituation, sensitization, standard and operant conditioning, insight into, imitating, tradition, use of tools. Social behaviour and communication; sexual and parental behaviour; defence against predator; optimal foraging. Social behaviour - ESS, cooperation and reciprocal altruism, teritoriality and competition, aggression, infanticide. Mechanisms of hereditary transmission and behaviour - sexual nad other systems, mate selection, male and female strategies, parental investment; monogamy, polygamy, promiscuity. Evolution of animal behaviour - purpose, complexity, design, ultimate goals and proximate mechanisms.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Activating (simulations, games, drama), Individual preparation for exam
- Preparation for exam
- 45 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 45 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 35 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Basic bachelor's course of zoology presents overview of behavioural disciplines (methodology and results) - above all, fundamentals in ethology, behavioural ecology, neurobiology, as well as selected parts of sociobiology to let arise the up-to-date behavioural concept.
The course is intended for all students who want to get knowledge on the basic behavioral mechanisms in different animal species and at the same time to get knowledge on the neural mechanisms that these manifestations generate.
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Prerequisites
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The course introduces to the behavioural topics and does not suppose specific input knowledge.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
By written exam students will be asked to answer 10 questions briefly concerning the main principles and mechanisms of animal behaviour and function of neural systems.
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Recommended literature
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Alcock J. Animal behaviour An evolutionary approach. Sinauer Associates, 2001.
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Davies NB, Krebs JR, West SA. An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology, fourth editon. Blackwell Science, LtD, 2012.
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Kandel E.R., Schwartz J.H., Jessell T.M. (eds.). Principles of Neural Science. McGraw-Hill Companies, US, 2000. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.
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Veselovský Z. Etologie - biologie chování zvířat.. Academia, Praha, 2005.
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