BIp037 Ethology Principles

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Ing. Radovan Smolinský, Ph.D., PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Radovan Smolinský, Ph.D., PhD.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. Radovan Smolinský, Ph.D., PhD.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:50 laboratoř 83, except Wed 26. 10.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: - understand ethology principles (1);
- interpret instinctive and learned behaviour (2);
- distinguish behaviour categories (3);
- understand animal behaviour in different conditions (4);
- know behaviour of importance taxons (5).
Learning outcomes
The main objectives of the course are the following: - understand ethology principles (1);
- interpret instinctive and learned behaviour (2);
- distinguish behaviour categories (3);
- understand animal behaviour in different conditions (4);
- know behaviour of importance taxons (5).
Syllabus
  • Development of ethology. Instinctive behaviour. Learning. Behavioural categories. Life strategies.
Literature
  • VESELOVSKÝ, Zdeněk. Etologie : biologie chování zvířat. Online. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2005. 407 s. ISBN 9788020016218. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • FRANCK, Dierk. Etologie. Online. 2. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1996. 323 s. ISBN 80-7066-878-4. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • LORENZ, Konrad. Základy etologie : srovnávací výzkum chování. Online. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1993. 254 s. ISBN 8020004777. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
  • GAISLER, Jiří. Úvod do etologie. Online. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989. 148 s. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Final grade: colloquium (written test + discussion).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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