AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ are scientists who study how animals behave and the adaptive significance of behavior.
A
Ethiologists
B
Behaviorists
C
Biologists
D
Animal activist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior-including animal communication, predation, defense, aggression, mating, imprinting, fixed action patterns and releasers, and migration-most often in their natural conditions.

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

Detailed explanation-3: -Ethologists typically show interest in a behavioral process rather than in a particular animal group, and often study one type of behavior, such as aggression, in a number of unrelated species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meaning of ethologist in English a scientist who studies the behaviour of animals in their natural environment: She is one of the world’s leading primate ethologists.

Detailed explanation-5: -Definition. Comparative Psychology and Ethology are both sciences which study animal behavior, typically non-human behavior, though both have often studied humans. Comparative Psychology is a sub-discipline of psychology and ethology of biology. Both can trace their roots to the late 19th century.

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