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• Week 1- Foundations of animal behavior
• Week 2- Development of behavior- Innate mechanisms
• Week 3- Development of behavior: Imprinting
• Week 4- Kinds of behavior: innate, conditioned
• WeeK 5-Kinds of behavior: Complex behaviour patterns, habituation
• Week 6-Mechanisms of behavior: Nervous system and behavior
• Week 7- Mechanisms of behavior:Hormones and behavior
• Week 8- Social behavior: agonistic, altruistic, kinship
• Mid term Exam
• Week 9- Social behavior:Mating, ritualization, dominance, territoriality
• Week 10- Biological rhythms: circadian clocks, clock genes etc
• Week 11-Social organization: conflict, sexual behaviour
• Week 12- Social organization: Reproduction and fitness
• Week 13- Parental care, social system
• Week 14- Animal Communication: chemical attraction in moths
• Week 15-Communication displays, communication in honey bees
• Week 16- Communication through pheromones
• Presentations
• Final Term Exam
• Practical 1 (a) - Locomotory behavior of earthworm
• Practical 1 (b)- Locomotory behavior of garden snails
• Practical 2- Ear pinna reflex responses in domestic cats
• Practical 3- Preparation of skinner box for study of mouse or rat behavior
• Practical 4- Mother-pup bond in mice and rats
• Practical 5- Infant killing behavior
• Practical 6- Pecking behavior of chickens
• Practical 7- Hiding behavior of chicks
• Practical 8- Observation of birds nests and study of parental behavior
• Practical 9- Altruistic behavior in monkeys