BCS 183: Lecture Schedule
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"W" plus a chapter number designates the text, Animal Cognition by Wynne.
| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
| 08/31 |
Introduction | pdf |
|
| 09/05 |
No Class |
|
| 09/07 |
History, Philosophy, Science, & Good Questions | pdf |
W1
D. Dennet: Animal Consciousness;
Weiskrantz 1995;
Griffin 1995 |
| 09/12 |
Human Cognition | pdf |
|
| 09/14 |
Evolution | pdf |
Dawkins Ch 1;
Boyd & Silk Ch 1 |
| 09/19 |
Associative Learning | pdf |
W3 |
| 09/21 |
Perception | pdf |
W4 |
| 09/26 |
EXAM 1 |
|
| 09/28 |
Film |
The Human Spark Pt 1 |
| 10/03 |
The Material World | pdf |
W5 |
| 10/05 |
Time, Space, Number | pdf |
W5 |
| 10/10 |
No Class |
|
| 10/12 |
Categories & Concepts | pdf |
W5 |
| 10/17 |
Memory | pdf |
W6 |
| 10/19 |
Metacognition | pdf |
W6 |
| 10/24 |
Film |
The Human Spark Pt 2 |
| 10/26 |
Reasoning & Inference | pdf |
W7 |
| 10/31 |
EXAM 2 |
|
| 11/02 |
Tools, Insight | pdf |
W7 |
| 11/07 |
Self-Concept, TOM | pdf |
W2
P. Bloom Ch 1;
Reiss & Marino 2001;
Marten & Psarkos 1995 |
| 11/09 |
Social Cognition | pdf |
W2 |
| 11/14 |
Language | pdf | pdf2 |
W8 |
| 11/16 |
Comparing Species | pdf |
W9 |
| 11/21 |
EXAM 3 |
|
| 11/23 |
No Class |
|
| 11/28 |
Brain Evolution & Neurobiology | pdf |
G. Marcus Ch 7 |
| 11/30 |
Film |
The Human Spark Pt 3 |
| 12/05 |
Human Evolution: Sexual Selection | pdf |
Daly & Wilson Ch 5 |
| 12/07 |
Human Evolution: Sex Differences | pdf |
McIntyre & Edwards 2009 |
| 12/12 |
What Makes Humans Unique? | pdf |
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| TBA |
FINAL EXAM |
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