UCL - Animals and human environments

[PSY1401]

[30h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s): René Zayan

Language: French

Level: First

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

- to discuss the contributions of ethology and comparative psychology to our thinking about the ecological relationships between human beings and their environments, and also domestic animals. and also domestic animals.

Main themes

The course deals with the scientific and ethical issues raised by research on pet animals and on the conditions of their captivity. The following themes are covered :
- basic concepts of behavioural ecology and the ethics of relationships between man and animals
- indicators of stress, suffering and well-being in animals
- beneficial effects of animals for disabled people; relevance of studies on animal learning to behavioural therapies
- ethical problems raised by experiments on laboratory animals (in comparative psychology and in biomedical research)
- animal protection and legal status of domesticated species

Content and teaching methods

- to discuss the contributions of ethology and comparative psychology to our thinking about the ecological relationships between human beings and their environments, and also domestic animals.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

The content of this course may vary from year to year.