AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An ethogram is a record of behaviors exhibited by an animal used in ethology, the scientific and objective study of animal behavior. Ethology is a sub-topic of zoology, the study of animal biology. Researchers make a list of behaviors based on sample observations of animal groups or individual animals over time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Animal researchers organize these behavioral categories into what is known as an ethogram. An ethogram is a table of all behaviors of interest observed in the study species. Each of these behaviors must be distinct and independent from one another in order collect data accurately.

Detailed explanation-3: -An ethogram is a catalogue or inventory of behaviours or actions exhibited by an animal used in ethology. The behaviours in an ethogram are usually defined to be mutually exclusive and objective, avoiding subjectivity and functional inference as to their possible purpose.

Detailed explanation-4: -These seven categories were broken down into playing, aggression, feeding, locomotion, grooming, affection, and observation. The playful category includes behaviors such as chasing bucking, nipping, or behaviors that displayed foal excitement.