Ethologie comparée
[PSYM2041]
[30h] 3 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): René Zayan
Language: French
Level: Second
Main themes
1. How ethology objectively interprets the categories of observable behaviors in animals;
2. How primatology explains the importance of the nonverbal repertory of human (body attitudes, gestures, facial expressions and vocalizations) and its relative universality.
The observation of human communication signals makes it possible to better understand some processes of social attachment considered as essential by evolutionary psychology:
1. Sexual attraction and seductive behaviors;
2. Recognition of authority and dominance, notably in political charisma;
3. Tendencies to ethnocentrical preferences;
4. Anthropomorphism in animal valorization, particularly in the relationship with domestic animals.
Content and teaching methods
1. How ethology objectively interprets the categories of observable behaviors in animals;
2. How primatology explains the importance of the nonverbal repertory of human (body attitudes, gestures, facial expressions and vocalizations) and its relative universality.
The observation of human communication signals makes it possible to better understand some processes of social attachment considered as essential by evolutionary psychology:
1. Sexual attraction and seductive behaviors;
2. Recognition of authority and dominance, notably in political charisma;
3. Tendencies to ethnocentrical preferences;
4. Anthropomorphism in animal valorization, particularly in the relationship with domestic animals.