300352 VO Animal Social Cognition (2023W)
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max. 30 participants
Language: English
Examination dates
- Friday 02.02.2024 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1
- Thursday 21.03.2024 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1.6, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.011, Ebene 1
- Friday 07.06.2024 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1
- Friday 20.09.2024 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
This course will start on Oct 7, 2022
- Friday 06.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 13.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 20.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 27.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 03.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 10.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 17.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 24.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 01.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 15.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 12.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 19.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.5, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.012, Ebene 1
- Friday 26.01. 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.
Assessment and permitted materials
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, CoBeNe W2
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