Monkeys studying humans studying monkeys. (Image by Prof. Gerald Schneider.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
MIT Course Number
9.52-B
As Taught In
Spring 2001
Level
Undergraduate
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Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
This undergraduate class presents human ethology for future researchers in the field, and is designed to be both broad and deep. While the course focuses primarily on humans, it explores the intersection of human ethology and animal behavior, because there are many similarities between the two disciplines.
Course Description
Survey and special topics designed for students in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Emphasizes ethological studies of natural behavior patterns and their analysis in laboratory work, with contributions from field biology (mammology, primatology), sociobiology, and comparative psychology. Stresses human behavior but also includes major contributions from studies of other animals.