Behavior is studied as a product and a means of adaptation to ecological conditions. Consideration is also given to the application of ethological principles in the study of human behavior. BIO 22, PYB 21, and PSY 22 are recommended. An examination of the neural and neurohormonal correlates of emotional behaviors and emotional experiences. Emphasis is placed upon the similarity between the emotional behaviors of humans and other species and on the role of culture in determining both normal and abnormal human emotional experiences.
Students meet in seminar format to discuss key problems of effective experimental research.
Students also conduct a research project supervised by department faculty on an individual basis. An examination of basic sensory and perceptual processes, including the structural and neurological bases of awareness and the role of cognitive processes in perception. Laboratory work is required. Animal Cognition An examination of learning and cognition in non-human animals.