ANBI 411.3 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Hormone, Breed, Testosterone

• School: U of S
• Department: Animal Bioscience
• Course: ANBI 411.3
• Professor: Jennifer Brown

Document Summary

Animal behavior: how an animal reacts to stimuli in the environment. 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. Includes farm animals, but also zoo animals, pets, ect. Comparative psychology: focus of north american scientists, animal behavior in the context of what we know about human psychology. Ethology: european focus, animal behavior in context of anatomy, neurobiology, physiology, ect. Multidisciplinary: not only one component- includes physiology, psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary and developmental biology, ect. It helps us combine ethics and science it is complex: used to address difficult issues, animal welfare science, two very different philosophical views: animal welfare and animal rights. Behavioral adaptations theories domestication might drive animals to develop strategies to reduce activities: extensive energy conserving foraging behaviors, aggression, this is called the foraging theory, they reduce their activity to conserve energy for other things.