Making an Ethogram and studying behavior

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Learning Objectives

- You can explain what behavior is and how behavior is classified.

- You can describe what ethology entails, how you can study behavior and explain the influence of behavioral research on society.

Studying behaviour

• Ethology: study of animal and human behaviour
• Behaviour contains actions (behavioral elements) : these are often interrelated and have a goal 
• Chain of behaviour
• Make an ethogram: a list of an animal's behaviour that creates an inventory of actions/movements/patterns that an animal exhibits
• Ethogram is a tool to measure behaviour to understand how an animal behaves and interacts with the environment

Why would we want to know how to perform behavioral research? 

What is the use of it?

Importance of behavioral research

• Animal welfare and agriculture
  
•  Conservation Biology: protection and reintroduction of endangered animals
  
• Human safety when encountering wildlife
  
• Pet (or other animal) management and training
  
• Human Psychology and Biology 
  

Learning Objectives

- You can explain what behavior is and how behavior is classified.

- You can describe what ethology entails, how you can study (animal) behavior and explain the influence of behavioral research on society.