2.1e - Measuring and Recording Animal Behaviour

Question 1

3 methods that can be used to quantify animal behaviour?

Answer 1

latency, frequency and duration

Question 2

Latency is…

Answer 2

the time between the stimulus occurring and and the response behavior

Question 3

Frequency is…

Answer 3

the number of times a behaviour occurs within the observation period

Question 4

Duration is…

Answer 4

the length of time each behaviour occurs within the observation period

Question 5

What allows the construction of time budgets?

Answer 5

an ethogram of the behaviours shown by species in a wild context

Question 6

An ethogram…

Answer 6

lists species-specific behaviours to be observed and recorded in
the study

Question 7

How can the proportion of time spent on each behaviour to be calculated in the time budget?

Answer 7

by recording the duration of each of the behaviours spent in the ethogram, together with the total time of observation

Question 8

What should be avoided when analysing behaviour and why?

Answer 8

anthropomorphism, as it can lead to invalid conclusions