A&O PRESENTATION – Final Report

TITLE

TOPIC followed by your name & situation (student at what stage), your department; date; class or project for which the paper is prepared)

INTRODUCTION

General area you wish to write about and why it is (or should be) interesting to your prospective readers

DEFINITIONS

A formal definition from a shared resource such as dictionary or a detailed description of key terms that may not be obvious to prospective readers

PRINCIPLE FOCUS

Specific TOPIC (within the general area you described in the INTRODUCTION)

DEEP ETHOLOGY

(identify behavior that is important to you TOPIC; then comment on how DEEP perspectives affect or are affected by that behavior)

DEVELOPMENT

speak to when in an individual’s experience some critical attribute is experienced

ECOLOGY

speak to the physical or biotic environment influences or is influenced by your topic

EVOLUTION

How has ancestry (genes or memes) affected the expression of behavior related to your TOPIC?

PHYSIOLOGY

(What physiological influences (nervous or endocrine systems) affect the expression of behavior related to your topic?) (e.g., senses, brain, neuro-muscular action-systems, stress)

ART

How does your topic affect or been affected by some form(s) of ART in ways that might enhance your prospective reader’s understanding? Use use examples. 

PERSONAL CONNECTION

What personal reasons affected the selection of your your TOPIC or “energized” your scholarship or research in the service of your project?

CONCLUSION

(What can you say you have learned? )

FUTURE WORK

(How would you like to see your own research be continued or followed up?)

REFERENCES or WORKS CITED

(what resources have you used to inform what you wrote; sources of quotes or key ideas ? — use any standard citation form that will help the interested reader find and use your sources; personal communications are fine)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

(Who were particularly helpful in developing your project?)