Human Behavior
Have you ever wondered why people do the things they do, or what it even means to be a person in the first place? Why do people cooperate or compete with one another? Why do they cry or suffer addictions? These questions - and many others - will be the focus of The Human Behavior Project. Using tools provided by biology, social science, and philosophy students explore how human behavioral characteristics have evolved over millennia and what that means for the way we act today.
In Biology, students study how evolution, genetics, and neuroscience have formed behavioral characteristics that allowed humans to adapt to their physical and social environments.
In Humanities, students explore the origins of violence, self-interest, and cooperation and ask whether these behaviors are the product of nature (biology), nurture (society), or a combination of both.
These different threads come together in the creation of a self-published artistic book. Student writers and artists investigate behavioral predispositions that have been labeled “normal,” “abnormal,” or “deviant.” They will represent in text and image different theories about the origin of these behaviors and question the social descriptions used to categorize them.
In Biology, students study how evolution, genetics, and neuroscience have formed behavioral characteristics that allowed humans to adapt to their physical and social environments.
In Humanities, students explore the origins of violence, self-interest, and cooperation and ask whether these behaviors are the product of nature (biology), nurture (society), or a combination of both.
These different threads come together in the creation of a self-published artistic book. Student writers and artists investigate behavioral predispositions that have been labeled “normal,” “abnormal,” or “deviant.” They will represent in text and image different theories about the origin of these behaviors and question the social descriptions used to categorize them.
Photos of Exhibition