ETHOLOGICAL THEORIES
OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
, ETHOLOGICAL THEORIES
• The study of the behavior of living organisms can be sometimes problematic because it poses nu
practical and theoretical questions that can be answered from different perspectives.
In fact, there have been a lot of theories that attempted to explain behavior yet verifiable and scie
evaluations remained elusive.
In contrast to existing theories of behavior, a popular theory formulated by Frisch, Lorenz, and
Tinbergen has succeeded in breaking various stereotypes: the ethological theory.
ETHOLOGY: The word ethology comes from the Greek word “ethos” meaning character and “
meaning “study of“, and from the Latin word “ethologia” which means “mimicry” or the art of de
characters by copying behaviors.
Ethology involves the study of animal behaviors by observing, describing, and evaluating them i
natural setting.
, ETHOLOGY: The word ethology comes from the Greek word “ethos” meaning character and “
meaning “study of“, and from the Latin word “ethologia” which means “mimicry” or the art of d
characters by copying behaviors.
Ethology involves the study of animal behaviors by observing, describing, and evaluating them i
natural setting.
• Ethology, unlike any field that study behavior, ethology does not only consider the environmenta
that affect behavior but focuses more on the physiological, genetic, and evolutionary factors tha
these actions.
• The theory of ethology was collectively proposed by three European scientists Karl von Frisch, K
Lorenz, and Nicolaas Tinbergen. The three won the Nobel in 1973 for such scientific contributio
OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
, ETHOLOGICAL THEORIES
• The study of the behavior of living organisms can be sometimes problematic because it poses nu
practical and theoretical questions that can be answered from different perspectives.
In fact, there have been a lot of theories that attempted to explain behavior yet verifiable and scie
evaluations remained elusive.
In contrast to existing theories of behavior, a popular theory formulated by Frisch, Lorenz, and
Tinbergen has succeeded in breaking various stereotypes: the ethological theory.
ETHOLOGY: The word ethology comes from the Greek word “ethos” meaning character and “
meaning “study of“, and from the Latin word “ethologia” which means “mimicry” or the art of de
characters by copying behaviors.
Ethology involves the study of animal behaviors by observing, describing, and evaluating them i
natural setting.
, ETHOLOGY: The word ethology comes from the Greek word “ethos” meaning character and “
meaning “study of“, and from the Latin word “ethologia” which means “mimicry” or the art of d
characters by copying behaviors.
Ethology involves the study of animal behaviors by observing, describing, and evaluating them i
natural setting.
• Ethology, unlike any field that study behavior, ethology does not only consider the environmenta
that affect behavior but focuses more on the physiological, genetic, and evolutionary factors tha
these actions.
• The theory of ethology was collectively proposed by three European scientists Karl von Frisch, K
Lorenz, and Nicolaas Tinbergen. The three won the Nobel in 1973 for such scientific contributio
