ethological
Studying species conduct
Ethological means relating to ethology, the scientific study of animal behavior in natural conditions.
The term emphasizes observation of how animals actually behave in their environments rather than in laboratory settings: ethological research on wolf pack dynamics, an ethological approach to understanding primate social structures.
Innate behavioral tendency
- imprintingRapid early learning attachment
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- nestingMaking a dwelling
Austrian animal behaviorist
Attentive watching or remark
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- anthropomorphismAttributing personality to things
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
Fitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- coevolutionReciprocal adaptation between interacting species
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- imprintingRapid early learning attachment
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
nesting · migration · predation · ritualization · releaser
Lorenz
Austrian animal behaviorist
observation
Attentive watching or remark
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- anthropomorphismAttributing personality to things
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- coevolutionReciprocal adaptation between interacting species
ethologicalexperimental
Testing new methods
controlled · clinical · artificial · in vitro · psychometric
ethologicalpsychological
Of the mind
cognitive · behaviorist · psychoanalytic · learned · conditioned
ethologicalgeneral
Widespread, not specialized
universal · abstract · context-free · theoretical · universalist