ANBI 411.3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Karl Von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, Ethology
20 Jun 2018
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Lecture 1: Behavior of Domestic Animals
Introduction
Animal behavior: how an animal reacts to stimuli in the environment
Social behavior: “forming co-operative and interdependent relationships…”
- Relationship between one or more species
- Can be difference in social behavior between breeds in a species
- Also different between genders and age as well
Ethology: the scientific and objective study of animal behavior especially under natural
conditions
Applied ethology: behavior of domestic animals
- Includes farm animals, but also zoo animals, pets, ect.
“beginning of animal ethology”
- Modern discipline considered to have started with biologists
oNikolass Tinbergen – 4 questions that help to define behavior, got a noble prize
in physiology
oKonrad Lorenz- was involved with looking into imprinting
oKarl von Frisch – experiment on communication in bees
oRuth Harrison- wrote the book “animal machines”, brought both animal
behavior and animal welfare to the forefront
North America vs. Europe differences 20th century
-Comparative psychology
oFocus of north American scientists
oAnimal behavior in the context of what we know about human psychology
-Ethology
oEuropean focus
oAnimal behavior in context of anatomy, neurobiology, physiology, ect.
Domestic animals compared to wild counterparts- why might they differ?
- domestic animals don't necessarily loose the wild behavior but they can modify them
- they also can limit the time they spend doing the different behaviors
- the behavior stays the same other then modify how they do them and how much
why does time differ? because some need it to survive where as other just have the motivation
to do it but don't need it
importance of ethology/ animal behavior
- different from most “classical science”
oholistic approach, not and cannot be explained only by the simplest mechanisms
involved
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