AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ethology is the study of
A
evolutionary and environmental context of behavior
B
describing behavior in the animal’s natural habitat
C
general laws of behavior that apply across many species
D
social behavior
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethology is a field of basic biology, like ecology or genetics. It focuses on the behaviors of diverse organisms in their natural environment. Comparative psychology is an extension of work done in human psychology. It focuses largely on a few species studied in a lab setting.

Detailed explanation-2: -ethology, the study of animal behaviour.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ethology is the scientific study of non-human animal behavior, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait.

Detailed explanation-4: -The scientific study of animal behaviour is also called ethology, a term used first by the 19th century French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire but then used with its modern meaning by the American zoologist Wheeler (1902).

Detailed explanation-5: -Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior dealing with the interaction of animals with each other, with other living beings, and with the environment.

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