ethology

(noun)

The scientific study of human and animal behavior.

Related Terms

Examples of ethology in the following topics:

  • The Influence of Genes on Behavior

    • Behavioral genetics studies heritability of behavioral traits, and it overlaps with genetics, psychology, and ethology (the scientific study of human and animal behavior).

  • Evolutionary Psychology

    • Evolutionary biology emerged as an academic discipline in the 1930s and 1940s, along with the study of animal behavior (ethology), both of which heavily influence the development of evolutionary psychology.

  • Attachment Theory

    • John Bowlby's contributions to the theory of attachment formation are heavily influenced by ethology (the scientific study of human and animal behavior), including an emphasis on the evolutionary origins and biological purposes of behavior.