CAS NE 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Episodic Memory, Cognitive Map, Ecological Niche
11 Jan 2016
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Behavior is the internally coordinated responses (actions or inactions) of whole living organisms (individuals or groups) to internal and/or external stimuli, excluding responses more easily understood as developmental changes. You want to understand what"s going on in the brain to support that behavior monkey choosing objects, mice in maze. Ethology: study of human behavior and social organization from biological perspective. Behavioral ecology: study of evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressure. Sociobiology: study of biological aspects of behavior in animals and humans (especially ecological and evolutionary) Behaviorism: the behavior you see is based entirely on some stimulus, response, reward. Experimental psychology: manipulates aspects of what you observe, impose behavioral constraints, range of responses. Translational medical research: understanding of how to apply science to clinical model, nothing to do with evolutionary pressures etc. Neuroethology: understanding the neural adaptations involved in natural animal behaviors. Ultimate (what) and proximate (why) questions, basic science research (few applied results, curiosity)
