PSY 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: 21 Seconds, The Need, Ethology
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Sections: the need for systematic methods, behavioral definitions. A male who gives meat to a female will increase his probability of copulating with her: new chimpanzees start at 16min https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=uz1a7mzhtoq. (1) what behaviors to record (behavioral definitions), (2) which individuals to observe (sampling rules), and. (3) how to record their behaviors (recording rules). Behavioral definitions: any behavior or behavioral sequence can be defined in terms of its structure or its consequences, structure refers to a behavior"s appearance, physical form and temporal patterning of behavior. The behavior is described in terms of the subject"s posture and movements: consequences (or function) refer to. Running the tip of its bill along its primary feather of wing . Pressing the plastic piece down using index finger . Contracting muscles of the distal digits of the 2nd finger. Turning on the light : many scientists (ethologists, behavioral ecologists, evolutionary psychologists) are mainly interested in consequential definitions.
