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ISMAT 13640

Evolution and Behaviour

Psychology (ISMAT)
  • ApresentaçãoPresentation
    To study human behaviour in its different aspects: biological, psychological, cultural and social.
  • ProgramaProgramme
    Introduction:     - Evolution and human behaviour in the humanities and social sciences     - The notion of biological evolution: Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory     - Evolutionism and evolutionary psychology 1- The sources of behavior, its evolution and cognitive abilities 2- The genetic bases of behavior     2.1. The instinctive behaviors     2.2 The genetics of human behavior 3- The primatological framework of the evolution of human behavior     3.1. The social relations     3.2 Social relations and reproductive behavior     3.3 Social relations, kinship and parental behavior 4- Evolution of human behavior     4.1 Sexual selection and evolution     4.2. Ontogeny and phylogeny     4.3 Culture, social transmission and morality     4.4 Evolution of language and emotions 5- The nature of man and the configuration of human society: the universals.
  • ObjectivosObjectives
    Objectives: - Familiarisation with cognitive and behavioural notions and mechanisms and their connection with the evolution of the human species. - Develop an interdisciplinary view of themes such as family dynamics, social, emotions, language in a comparative and universal perspective based on evolutionary theory. Skills to be developed: - Understand the notion of evolution and its close connection with behaviour - Explain clearly and easily the fundamental notions studied - Acquire the ability to develop a reflection on the behaviour and its evolution based on an interdisciplinary approach in general and evolutionary psychology in particular.
  • BibliografiaBibliography
    - Ayala, F.J. & Cela Conde, C.J. , 2017 , Processes in human evolution: the journey from early hominins to Neanderthals and modern humans , Oxford University Press. - Buss, D.M. , 2016 , The handbook of evolutionary psychology Vols.1 & 2 , John Wiley & Sons. - Muehlenbein, M.P. , 2015 , Basics in Human Evolution , Elsevier. - Tibayrenc, M. & Ayala, F.J. , 2017 , On human nature: biology, psychology, ethics, politics, and religion , Academic Press.
  • MetodologiaMethodology
    The use of active methodology and giving students the chance to learn to work in an interdisciplinary context (STEAM).
  • LínguaLanguage
    Português
  • TipoType
    Semestral
  • ECTS
    5
  • NaturezaNature
    Optional
  • EstágioInternship
    Não