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BCS 183: Lecture Schedule
Only students who are enrolled in the course may access the readings online. You must be logged
into Blackboard to download the course readings.
"W" plus a chapter number designates the text, Animal Cognition by Wynne. "S" signifies Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition by Shettleworth.
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Topic |
Reading |
Blackboard Reading |
| 09/05 |
Introduction | pdf |
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| 09/10 |
Philosophy of Animal Minds | pdf |
W1
S1 |
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| 09/12 |
Cognitive Ethology | pdf |
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Real 1993 |
| 09/17 |
Evolution | pdf |
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Dawkins Ch 1;
Boyd & Silk Ch 1 |
| 09/19 |
Human Evolution: Sexual selection | pdf |
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Daly & Wilson Ch 5 |
| 09/24 |
Human Evolution: Sex differences | pdf |
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McIntyre & Edwards 2009 |
| 09/26 |
EXAM 1 |
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| 10/01 |
The Senses & Perception | pdf |
W4
S2, pp 17-20 |
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| 10/03 |
Learning | pdf |
W3
S2, pp 34-41 |
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| 10/08 |
Fall Break |
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| 10/10 |
FILM: The Human Spark, Part 1 |
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| 10/15 |
Physics | pdf |
W5, pp 81-86 |
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| 10/17 |
Time & Space | pdf |
W5, pp 96-110
S3, pp 49-64 |
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| 10/22 |
Categories & Concepts | pdf |
W5, pp 87-96
S2, pp 41-48 |
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| 10/24 |
EXAM 2 |
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| 10/29 |
FILM: The Human Spark, Part 2 |
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| 10/31 |
Memory | pdf |
W6
S2, pp 20-34 |
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| 11/05 |
Intuition & Metacognition | pdf |
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| 11/07 |
Reasoning & Inference | pdf |
W7 |
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| 11/12 |
Tools & Insight | pdf |
S3, pp 73-79 |
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| 11/14 |
Consciousness | pdf |
W2 |
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| 11/19 |
FILM: The Human Spark, Part 3 |
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| 11/21 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| 11/26 |
EXAM 3 |
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| 11/28 |
Social Cognition | pdf |
S4 |
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| 12/03 |
Language | pdf |
W8 |
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| 12/05 |
Brain Evolution & Neurobiology | pdf |
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Roth & Dicke 2005 |
| 12/10 |
Comparing Species | pdf |
W9 |
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| 12/12 |
What makes humans unique? | pdf |
S12 |
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| 12/17 |
EXAM 4
@ 4:00 PM |
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