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Growing Up and More
PSC 113
Jeff Schank
Trials of Life: Growing UP
• The video is best viewed from Tinbergen’s four
questions
– Mechanism: Consider some of the mechanisms
involved in growing up
– Phylogenetic: Not directly covered in this video
– Ontogenetic: This is the main focus of the video
– Survival Value: This is also a main focus of the
video, what adaptations offspring, parents, and
helpers have the promote the development of
offspring
List of Animals
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Elephant seals
Turns
Lacewings
Snow geese
Opossums
Kangaroos
Central Asian antelopes
Scorpions
Shrews
Ducks
Mara, relative to guinea pig
Bats
Florida Scrub jay—offspring helpers
Elephants
Chimpanzees
Albatross
List of Topics to Keep in Mind
1.
How does natural selection enter into “growing up”? Keep track of the numerous examples.
2.
Consider the Umwelten of each of the animal systems you observe, consider both adult parental,
and the developing offspring, and how Umwelten change.
3.
What types of social interactions did you observe? What were their functions?
4.
Observe the different systems of parental care and how these are related to ecological
circumstances and the development of offspring.
5.
Consider the different types of parent-offspring and offspring-offspring interactions and their
functions.
6.
Note different patterns of behavior and social interactions in the different animal systems you
observe.
7.
There are many examples of communication among offspring and parents. What types of
communication do you observe?
8.
How does the assessment/management model of communication apply parent-offspring
communication?
9.
Social learning is important. Are there any examples of intergenerational transmission of
information via social learning?
Video: Click on Picture
Capuchin Monkeys
• A series of videos on the social behavior of Capuchin
monkeys, how they transmit information that we call
culture in humans, their ability learn, and to share.
Although not all the questions for the previous video
apply, keep in mind especially questions 12 and 13.
Part 1
Part 2
Crafty
Capuchins
Do Capuchins
perceive fairness?