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, …

In biology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system. A dominant higher-ranking individual is sometimes called an alpha, and the submissive lower-ranking individual a beta.Different types of interactions can result in dominance …

Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (/ ˈ ɡ ʊ d ɔː l /; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Seen as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 60-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees since she first went to Gombe Stream …

La etología (del griego «ηθος» ethos, costumbre, y «λóγος» logos, razonamiento, estudio, ciencia) es la rama de la biología y de la psicología experimental que estudia el comportamiento de los animales en sus medios naturales, [1] [2] en situación de libertad o en condiciones de laboratorio, aunque son más conocidos los estudios de campo.

Alpha male and beta male, or simply put alpha and beta, are pseudoscientific terms for men derived from the designation for alpha and beta animals in ethology.They may also be used with other genders, such as women, or additionally use other letters of the Greek alphabet (such as sigma). The popularization of these terms to describe humans has been widely criticized by …

Edward John Mostyn Bowlby, CBE, FBA, FRCP, FRCPsych (/ ˈ b oʊ l b i /; 26 February 1907 – 2 September 1990) was a British psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory.A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bowlby as the 49th most cited …

Sommaire déplacer vers la barre latérale masquer Début 1 Étymologie et définition 2 Historique Afficher / masquer la sous-section Historique 2.1 Prémices 2.2 Naissance de l'éthologie classique ou objectiviste 3 Applications 4 Scientifiques étudiant le comportement animal Afficher / masquer la sous-section Scientifiques étudiant le comportement animal 4.1 Liste 4.2 En France 5 Notes …

Environment most often refers to: . Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally; Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or a group of organisms; Other physical and cultural environments. Ecology, the branch of ethology that deals with the relations of organisms to …

Behaviorism is a systematic approach to understanding the behavior of humans and animals. It assumes that behavior is either a reflex evoked by the pairing of certain antecedent stimuli in the environment, or a consequence of that individual's history, including especially reinforcement and punishment contingencies, together with the individual's current motivational state and …

Zoology (/ z oʊ ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /) is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.The term is derived from Ancient Greek ζῷον, zōion ('animal'), and λόγος, logos ('knowledge', 'study').