LIFESCI 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Scientific Literacy, Null Hypothesis, Research Question
11 Jan 2017
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1. 1 animals and their behaviour are an integral part of human society. Humans have been depicting animals and their behaviour for tens of thousands of years, as proven by prehistoric cave paintings. Animals provide working companions, research subjects, and entertainment. Animal behaviour: any internally coordinated, externally visible pattern of activity that responds to changing external or internal conditions. Internally coordinated: information processing that occurs within the animal"s body. Externally visible: patterns must be observable and measurable, including behavioural responses to changing conditions. Ethogram: a formal description or inventory of an animal"s behaviours. Ethograms typically list or catalogue defined, discrete behaviours that a specific species exhibits. Using an ethogram, a researcher can measure the frequency, duration, rate, or intensity of a behaviour. Different people must be able to recognize a behaviour independently. Time budget: a summary of the total time and relative frequency of different behaviours of an individual.
