10cp

Comparative Psychology

Prerequisites Entry into BPsych(Hons) or PGDipPsych.

Teaching Organisation Two contact hours per week: combination of lectures, seminars and presentations of research papers.

Students will be provided with an overview of contemporary theories on the evolution of behaviour. By using an historical perspective on the development of these theories it will be demonstrated how cultural contexts exist over time to affect the perceptions and analyses of human and non-human behaviour. Students will study the specific applicability of these theories to human behaviour, the behaviour of companion animals, and of some of Australia's indigenous species.

Students will be encouraged to develop a greater appreciation of Australian biodiversity and Australian animal behaviour, and a greater awareness of the important theoretical psychological perspectives for human behaviour that are possible through the adoption of an evolutionary paradigm.

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