1st Edition
BZ 300: Animal Behavior
School: Colorado State University- Fort Collins (CSU )
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Pages: 5In the LAST lecture we finished the semester by wrapping up conservation and behavior. -
Pages: 6In Lecture 25, we finished up Comparative Social Behavior with many examples of insects that exhibit eusocial behavior. We then continued onto a new section of Conservation and Behavior. -
Pages: 5In Lecture 24 we continued discussing social behavior through many different types of animals. We also continued to discuss eusociality and how it works among species. -
Pages: 6In lecture 23 we finished discussing Cooperation, including Kin selection and relatedness. For the last ten minutes of class we began the chapter on Comparative and Social Behavior. -
Pages: 3Dr. Moore spent roughly half of the class going over the answers from Exam 3. She then continued discussing Social Living and Dominance Hierarchies. -
Pages: 9This study guide covers the material of Chapters 9-12 that will be on the exam. Most of the information is taken from Lecture notes and the book. In addition to this study guide, read Chapter 9-12 read the assigned readings she gave through Canvas, and compare this study guide to the lecture notes. -
Pages: 5In lecture 21 we wrapped up Territoriality and began to discuss Social Behavior, Cooperation, and Kinship. -
Pages: 5In Lecture 20 we finished discussing Parental Investment and began a brief intro into Aggression and Territoriality. -
Pages: 6In Lecture 18 we finished discussing Mating Systems, then briefly discussed Hormones and Sexual Behavior. We finished off the lecture with beginning to discuss Nesting, Parental, Territoriality. -
Pages: 6In Lecture 18, we discuss the mating systems further and dig deeper into the topics introduced last lecture. We also begin to discuss the structure and dynamics behind specific mating systems. -
Pages: 5In lecture 17, Dale began class by discussing exactly what she would like to see in our Animal Behavior assignment and that we have until Monday at 5:00 to edit it. For material, we begin Chapter 11 on Mating Systems. -
Pages: 5Dr. Moore made the decision to deviate from normal lecture and discuss her work and the topic of parasites and pathogens. -
Pages: 4In Lecture 15, we began to discuss self-defense, including the three key elements: Avoiding detection, Evading Capture and Fighting back. -
Pages: 2We did an in-class activity discussing and dissecting Tinbergen’s Four Questions of Behavior. Unless you were here, you will not be able to fully understand the activity. I will briefly describe what we did, but it will not be in-depth. -
Pages: 10This study guide covers the material of Chapters 5-8 that will be on the exam. Most of the information is taken from Lecture notes and the book. In addition to this study guide, read Chapter 5-8, read the assigned readings she gave through Canvas, and compare this study guide to the lecture notes. -
Pages: 4In Lecture 13, we finished up Chapter 8 on Movement. Primarily discussing homing, Migration and dispersal. -
Pages: 5In Lecture 12, we wrapped up Communication and began to discuss Movement, including search, navigation and many definitions. -
Pages: 5In lecture 11 we continued discussing modes of communication, mainly focusing on the visual and audible signals of animals. -
Pages: 7In lecture 10, we finished discussing Cognitive Learning, with animal emotions and an in depth example about Owners perceiving guilt in their dogs. We then transitioned into Communication, including signals, evolution of communication, and modes of communication. -
Pages: 4In Lecture 9, we continue the discussion of cognitive learning. The major topics included Mental time travel, intelligence, cognitive mapping, Caching and thievery, problem solving, personality and behavior syndromes. -
Pages: 3For about half the class, Dr. Moore went over the questions from Exam 1. After she finished, we began to discuss Chapter 6, Cognitive Learning. -
Pages: 8This study guide covers the material of Chapters 1-4 that will be on the exam. The exam will not include Chapter 5, Learning. Most of the information is taken from Lecture notes, but Chapter 2 was not covered in lecture. In addition to this study guide, read Chapter 1-4, primarily 2, read the assigned readings she gave through Canvas, and compare this study guide to the lecture notes. -
Pages: 4Lecture 7 continues to discuss Learning. Dr. Moore covers Trial and Error Learning, Taste Aversion Learning, Cache Retrieval, Pilferage, Social Learning and Play. -
Pages: 4Lecture 6 continues to discuss learning by giving an overview of imprinting, habituation, sensitization, classical and operant conditioning, the constraints in learning studies, punishment and reinforcement. -
Pages: 5This lecture covers the rest of Chapter 4 on homeostasis including wrapping up circadian rhythms and physiological regulation. At the end of lecture we began discussing Learning, including learning curves, intergenerational predictability, and memory.