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Founders of the field of Modern Ethology

Founders of the field of Modern Ethology. Modern Ethology : the study of the evolution and functional significance of behavior. Konrad Lorenz. Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) examined genetically programmed behaviors in young and imprinting.

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Founders of the field of Modern Ethology

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  1. Founders of the field of Modern Ethology Modern Ethology: the study of the evolution and functional significance of behavior. Konrad Lorenz

  2. Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) examined genetically programmed behaviors in young and imprinting. Young geese form an image of “parent” just after hatching. If the hatchlings first encounter a human, they will imprint on him and follow him around as if he were their mother.

  3. Karl von Frisch (1886 - 1982), pioneered studies in bee communication and foraging. Demonstrated that honey bees have color vision. Honey bees use a dance language to communicate the location of resources to other bees. Karl von Frisch

  4. Niko Tinbergen (1907-1988) formulated a method studying animal behavior (Tinbergen, 1963) His approach had a strong Darwinian influence: understand the ultimate (evolutionary) reasons for behavior. Demonstrated that digger wasps used visual landmarks to relocate their nests. Niko Tinbergen

  5. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973 "for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns"

  6. Ethological theory stresses that behavior is: • Strongly influenced by biology, • Is tied to evolution, and • Is characterized by critical or sensitive time periods during which the presence or absence of certain experiences has a long-lasting impact. • Brought to prominence by Konrad Lorenz, whose work with geese and imprinting provides a framework for considering human attachment.

  7. We are who we are and we do what we do because of our genes and the tendencies we’ve inherited from our ancestors. • Social relationships and the social environment are not important. • Konrad Lorenz’s geese followed him everywhere. • John Bowlby suggested that the first year of life is a sensitive period during which attachment to the caregiver occurs. If it does not occur, it can negatively impact future relationships.

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