Ethology

Question 1

What is Ethology? Jensen (2017)

Answer 1

the science of animal behaviour, its causation and function

Question 2

Applied Ethology

Answer 2

science of behaviour in natural environement, especially where animals are managed by humans

Question 3

What is behaviour? Cartwright (2002)

Answer 3

anything the animal does, the whole animal’s adjustment to changes inside body and in environment and is always an organized action

Question 4

Behaviourism- Skinner/Thorndyke

Answer 4

lab exps
mechanism of learning and acquisition
general rules of behaviour
independent of evolution
applied learning theory

Question 5

European school- Lorenz/Tinbergen

Answer 5

newer
observed animals and adaptive behaviours
Individual strategies; laying importance on species specific behaviours

Question 6

Tinbergens 4 Qs

Answer 6

1. What is the causation of the behaviour?
2. What is the function of the behaviour?
3. How did the behaviour develop during ontogeny?
4. How did the behaviour develop during phylogeny?

Question 7

Missing themes from tinbergens Qs

Answer 7

Jensen- animal perception
emotion behind behaviour
Bateson & Laland- of what are animals aware

Question 8

Welfare assessment

Answer 8

assessing behaviour of captive animals and deciding what this tells us about how well we are caring for them

Question 9

Optimizing production

Answer 9

maxmizing perfomance/profit

Question 10

Behaviour control

Answer 10

managing animals- interactions with humans, training, technical equipment

Question 11

Other

Answer 11

conservation and comparison

Question 12

How is behaviour studied?

Answer 12

observation

experiments

Question 13

Benefits of studying animal behaviour

Answer 13

improving production, management, welfare

improving interactions as companions, leisure