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Ethological perspective

Ethological perspective. Brooke Pendlebury & Soraya Benstead. Ethology  is the scientific study of animal behaviour. Ethologists focus on studying the behaviour rather than the animal, especially behaviour as it occurs in the animals’ natural habitat (environment ).

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Ethological perspective

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  1. Ethological perspective Brooke Pendlebury & Soraya Benstead

  2. Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour. Ethologists focus on studying the behaviour rather than the animal, especially behaviour as it occurs in the animals’ natural habitat (environment). • The ethological perspective views aggression as an instinctive behaviour.

  3. Lorenz defined aggression as a ‘fighting instinct... that is directed against members of the same species’. He proposed that this instinct evolved over many generations to help animals adapt to and survive in their natural environments. According to Lorenz, aggression promotes survival of the species because it is used for. • Defence of the young; for example, in a species where the young require a relatively long time to develop, aggressive parents may be required for protection.Balancing the distribution of the same species into territories across the available environment so that they are spaced out and don't compete for the same resources (and starve).Providing a structure for their society; for example, establishing a dominance hierarchy, or ‘pecking order’, and helping ensure the strongest of the species survive so that these genes are passed on to future generations and therefore the entire species has a better chance of survival.

  4. Like animals, people use aggression to depend their young, they other organize their selves into territories and display territorial Behaviour when depending against invaders who cross territorial boundaries

  5. Animals and parents defend their young in different ways

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