Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and objective study of animal behaviour, usually referring to measured responses to stimuli or to trained behavioural responses in a laboratory context, without a particular emphasis on evolutionary adaptivity. Throughout history, different naturalists have studied aspects of animal behaviour. Ethology has its scientific roots in the work of Charles Darwin 1809-1882 and of American and German ornithologists of the late 19th and early 20th century, including Charles O. Whitman, Oskar Heinroth 1871-1945 , and Wallace Craig. The modern discipline of ethology is generally considered to have begun during the 1930s with the work of Dutch biologist Nikolaas Tinbergen 1907-1988 and of Austrian biologists Konrad Lorenz and Karl von Frisch 1886-1982 , the three recipients of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Ethology combines laboratory and field science, with a strong relation to some other disciplines such as neuroanatomy, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Ethologists typically show interest in a behavioural process rather than in a particular animal group, and often study one type of behaviour, such as aggression, in a number of unrelated species.Ethology is a rapidly growing field. Since the dawn of the 21st century researchers have re examined and reached new conclusions in many aspects of animal communication, emotions, culture, learning and sexuality that the scientific community long thought it understood. New fields, such as neuroethology, have developed.Understanding ethology or animal behaviour can be important in animal training. Considering the natural behaviours of different species or breeds enables trainers to select the individuals best suited to perform the required task. It also enables trainers to encourage the performance of naturally occurring behaviours and the discontinuance of undesirable behaviours. Dr. Rana Taj "A Report on Animal Behaviour: Ethology" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47646.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/biological-science/zoology/47646/a-report-on-animal-behaviour-ethology/dr-rana-taj
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A Report on Animal Behaviour: Ethology
Dr. Rana Taj
Department of Zoology, Seth RL Sahariya Govt. PG College, Kaladera, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
ABSTRACT
Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a
focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour
as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also
describes the scientific and objective study of animal behaviour,
usually referring to measured responses to stimuli or to trained
behavioural responses in a laboratory context, without a particular
emphasis on evolutionary adaptivity. Throughout history, different
naturalists have studied aspects of animal behaviour. Ethology has its
scientific roots in the work of Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and of
American and German ornithologists of the late 19th and early 20th
century, including Charles O. Whitman, Oskar Heinroth (1871–
1945), and Wallace Craig. The modern discipline of ethology is
generally considered to have begun during the 1930s with the work
of Dutch biologist Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907–1988) and of Austrian
biologists Konrad Lorenz and Karl von Frisch (1886–1982), the three
recipients of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
KEYWORDS: animal, behavior, ethology, study, scientists
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