2e- Measuring and recording animal behaviour

Question 1

What are three pf the measurements used to quantify animal behaviour?

Answer 1

• latency
• frequency
• duration

Question 2

What is latency?

Answer 2

The time between the stimulus occurring and the response behaviour

Question 3

What is frequency?

Answer 3

The number of times a behaviour occurs within the observation period

Question 4

What is duration?

Answer 4

The length of time each behaviour occurs during the observation period

Question 5

What does an ethogram of behaviour shown by species in a wild context allow for?

Answer 5

Recording the duration of each of the behaviours in the ethogram, together with the total time of observation, allows for the proportion of time spent on each behaviour to be calculated in the time budget

Question 6

What does an ethogram list?

Answer 6

Species-specific behaviours to be observed and recorded in the study

Question 7

What is anthropomorphism and why is it important to avoid?

Answer 7

It is the assignment of human emotion to animal behaviour and can lead to invalid conclusions