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Animal Psychology: Critical Thinking

Completed by 218 learners
Ages 12-17
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In this ongoing course, we will discuss and critically think about research related to the psychology of animals.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(349 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week
1-15 learners per class
30 min

What's included

1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 7 - 10
Why do animals behave certain ways? In this ongoing class, we will discuss the psychology of animals, or comparative psychology. Comparative psychology is the scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of non-human animals. 

Here's how the class will be structured. During the first half of class, I will explain a research article from a scientific journal. During the second half of class, we will discuss the article using guided discussion questions. Learners will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their thoughts about the research.

Learners are welcome to join and leave at any time. I will continually update our schedule below.


Week of February 24th: Social modulation of dogs' behavioral synchronization with humans: effect of number of people and owner's presence

Week of March 3rd: Long-term observations reveal short-term mother–calf affiliation in wild harbor porpoises

Week of March 10th: Evaluating indicators of wellbeing in captive grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus, in the context of enrichment

Week of March 17th: Cockatoos 

April topics TBD
May topics TBD

June/July/August 2025 Schedule

Week of June 2nd: Dogs
Week of June 9th: Cats
Week of June 16th: Rats
Week of June 23rd: Gorillas
Week of June 30th: Parrots
Week of July 7th: Dolphins
Week of July 14th: Bears
Week of July 21st: Crows
Week of July 28th: Horses
Week of August 4th: Giraffes
Week of August 11th: Goats
Week of August 18th: Pigs
Week of August 25th: Rabbits

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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
I will use articles from journals such as Journal of Comparative Psychology (https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/com/135/3) and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition (https://psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/journal/xan/47/4).

Meet the teacher

Joined June, 2021
4.9
349reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Doctoral Degree in Psychology from University of Arizona
I have a PhD in psychology from the University of Arizona. I've taught college course for over 10 years.

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