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ethology /eth·ol·o·gy/ (e-thol´ah-je) the scientific study of animal behavior, particularly in the natural state.etholog´ical
ethology [ethol′əjē] Etymology: Gk, ethos, character, logos, science 1 (in zoology) the scientific study of the behavioral patterns of animals, specifically in their native habitat. 2 (in psychology) the empiric study of human behavior, primarily social customs, manners, and mores. ethologic, ethological, adj., ethologist, n. ethology [ĕ-thol´o-je] the scientific study of animal behavior, particularly in the natural state. adj., adj etholog´ical.
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He draws on social and cultural anthropology, human ethology, evolutionary theory, human biology, and developmental psychology to discuss such topics as the environment of Navajo infancy, the behavior of Navajo and Anglo newborn infants, mother-infant interaction and the cradleboards, the determinants of mother-infant interaction, and development as adaptation. Ethology is the study of animals in their natural environment, which in this instance, involving Scammonden farmer Ronald Norcliffe, was a barn. n the first study, Gabriella Lakatos, a researcher in the Department of Ethology at Eotvos University, lead author of the first study, and her colleagues used a combination of finger-, elbow-, leg- and knee-pointing gestures to help dogs locate hidden food and, for children, a favourite toy. |
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