ethology
41ethological — ethology ► NOUN 1) the science of animal behaviour. 2) the study of human behaviour from a biological perspective. DERIVATIVES ethological adjective ethologist noun. ORIGIN Greek thologia, from thos nature, disposition …
42ethologist — ethology ► NOUN 1) the science of animal behaviour. 2) the study of human behaviour from a biological perspective. DERIVATIVES ethological adjective ethologist noun. ORIGIN Greek thologia, from thos nature, disposition …
43appetitive behavior — Ethology. activity that increases the likelihood of satisfying a specific need, as restless searching for food by a hungry predator (distinguished from consummatory behavior). [1950 55] …
44consummatory behavior — Ethology. a behavior pattern that occurs in response to a stimulus and that achieves the satisfaction of a specific drive, as the eating of captured prey by a hungry predator (distinguished from appetitive behavior). [1905 10] …
45fixed action pattern — Ethology. a highly stereotyped pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a particular species. [said to be a trans. of G Erbkoordination, term used by Konrad Lorenz] …
46intention movement — Ethology. behavior that is preparatory to another behavior, as a crouch before a leap. [1945 50] …
47releasing mechanism — Ethology. a hypothetical control complex in the central nervous system of animals that triggers the appropriate behavioral response to a releaser …
48Attachment theory — …
49Neuroethology — Echolocation in bats is one model system in neuroethology Neuroethology (from Greek νεῦρον neuron nerve and ἦθος ethos habit or custom ) …
50John Bowlby — (February 26, 1907 – September 2, 1990) was a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and his pioneering work in attachment theory. Background John Bowlby was born in London to an upper middle class… …
