Sociobiology 6.1-SCB-P
A. Lecture:
- the history of evolutionary thought,
- natural selection and other types of selection,
- mechanisms of evolution,
- the concept of fitness
- evolutionary game theory and evolutionary stables strategies,
- Prisoner's Dilemma and other examples of evolutionary games,
- altruism and cooperation,
- sexual reproduction and the evolution of sex, sexual selection,
- sexual selection in humans,
- homosexuality in the evolutionary and the natural selection context
B. Conversatory :
Continuation of the topic of lectures in a wider social context
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
K_W01_/ _P7S_WG recognizes research problems from the borderline of biological sciences
K_W02_/_P7S_WG interprets the complexity of processes and phenomena in nature, the solution of which requires an interdisciplinary approach
Skills
K_U01_/_P7S_UW selects and applies research techniques and tools adequate to the problems of the specialty of biological sciences studied
K_U02_/_P7S_UK fluent in the scientific literature of the biological specialty he is studying in his mother tongue, and speaks English at a level B2+
K_U03_/_P7S_UW demonstrates the ability to critically analyze and select biological information, especially from electronic sources
Social competencies
K_K01_/_P7S_KK aware of the complexity of biological phenomena and processes
K_K07_/_P7S_KK demonstrates responsibility for assessing hazards resulting from applied research techniques and creating ergonomic and safe working conditions
Assessment criteria
A. Way of final evaluation:
• lectures: credit with a grade
• conversatory : credit with a grade
B. Form of testing:
• lecture: a test
• conversatory : evaluation based on prepared presentation and written essay
C. Basic criteria
• L: test result above 60%
• conversatory: final evaluation on the basis of partial grades
Bibliography
A. obligatory literature:
A.1. used during lectures and laboratory sessions
Krebs J.R., Davies N. B., Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach – or any other handbook for Behavioural Ecology.
Dawkins R., Selfish gene.
Wilson E.O., Sociobiology
Buss D.E. Evolutionary Psychology
Łomnicki A., Ekologia ewolucyjna – or any other handbook for Evolutionary Ecology
A.2. lectures for self-study
Science and popular science articles – selected, depended on individual topic assigned to the student
B. additional literature
Łomnicki A., Ekologia ewolucyjna – or any other handbook for Evolutionary Ecology
Additional information
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