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300352 VO Animal Social Cognition (2021W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
- Monday 21.02.2022 15:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
- Friday 01.04.2022 15:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
- Friday 03.06.2022 15:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 5.1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 5.131, Ebene 5
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 08.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 15.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 22.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 29.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 05.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 12.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 19.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 26.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 03.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 10.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 17.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 07.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 14.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 21.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 28.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This lecture course focuses on ‘higher forms’ of cognition (also known as complex cognition) and its expression in the social domain. Skills such as imitation, deception, language and culture are often considered as human-specific. Recent research reveals building blocks of these abilities not only in primates but also in some distantly related animals, raising the possibility that higher cognitive skills have evolved multiple times. The lecture course provides an overview of recent concepts and methods, and is structured in three units (social complexity, social knowledge, social learning). It aims to raise awareness for an evolutionary perspective to cognition and the proper use of the comparative approach.
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Exam
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The written exam contains 8 questions of different complexity, which is reflected in the number of points to be gained (1 question: 10 points, 2 questions: 5 points, 5 questions: 3 points).
The minimum requirement to pass is 18 points.
The minimum requirement to pass is 18 points.
Examination topics
Lecture, structured in three main units (social complexity, social knowledge, social learning)
Reading list
to be announced
Association in the course directory
MVN W-12, UF MA BU 01, UF MA BU 04,
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