Evolutionary Ethology of Man - YMA59HEB0

• Title: Vývojová etologie člověka
• Guaranteed by: Programme Anthropological studies (24-KOA)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2004
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/0, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: cancelled
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Old code: MA59HEB0I
• Is interchangeable with: YMA26VPLI, YMA41VEB0

Annotation

Main teacher of this course - Prof.Marina Butovskaya,DrSc., from the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia. All lectures are from the different fields of human ethology, especially the ontogeny of human behaviour. A special attebtion directed to the questions of the sexual selection, reproductive strategies in different human cultures, human aggression and altruism.

Last update: JOSIFKO (09.01.2008)

Syllabus

The main topics of the course:

1. Human ethology: objectives and theoretical background;

2. Mother-child bonding in evolutionary perspective;

3. Sexual selection, reproductive success and parental investment in humans;

4. Reproductive strategies, marriage market and parental manipulations;

5. Human aggression: theories, functional aspects and socialization issues;

6. Conflict resolution (peacemaking) in evolutionary perspective;

7. The origin of altruism and cooperation in humans;

8. Urban ethology: nature meets culture.

Last update: JOSIFKO (09.01.2008)

Entry requirements

Course for the bachelor study and master study of anthropology on the Faculty of Humanities

Last update: JOSIFKO (09.01.2008)