On aims and methods of cognitive ethology

Dale Jamieson, Marc Bekoff

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    In 1963 Niko Tinbergen published a paper, "On Aims and Methods of Ethology," dedicated to his friend Konrad Lorenz. This essay is a landmark in the development of ethology. Here Tinbergen defines ethology as "the biological study of behavior" and seeks to demonstrate the "close affinity between Ethology and the rest of Biology" (p. 411). Building on Huxley (1942), Tinbergen identifies four major problems of ethology: causation, survival value, evolution, and ontogeny. Concern with these problems, under different names (mechanism, adaptation, phylogeny, and development), has dominated the study of animal behavior during the last half century (Dawkins, et al. 1991; Dewsbury 1992).

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Title of host publicationAnimal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature
    PublisherTemple University Press
    Pages50-65
    Number of pages16
    ISBN (Print)9781592133482
    StatePublished - 2006

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    Ethology
    animal behavior
    methodology
    Animal Behavior
    Phylogeny
    ontogeny
    Causality
    Names
    phylogeny
    method
    ethology
    Survival
    Biological Sciences

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    • Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
    • Environmental Science(all)

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    Jamieson, D., & Bekoff, M. (2006). On aims and methods of cognitive ethology. In Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature (pp. 50-65). Temple University Press.

    On aims and methods of cognitive ethology. / Jamieson, Dale; Bekoff, Marc.

    Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature. Temple University Press, 2006. p. 50-65.

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    Jamieson, D & Bekoff, M 2006, On aims and methods of cognitive ethology. in Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature. Temple University Press, pp. 50-65.
    Jamieson D, Bekoff M. On aims and methods of cognitive ethology. In Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature. Temple University Press. 2006. p. 50-65
    Jamieson, Dale ; Bekoff, Marc. / On aims and methods of cognitive ethology. Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature. Temple University Press, 2006. pp. 50-65
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