AN ACCOUNT ON THE HISTORY OF ETHOLOGY
Ethology has been traditionally defined as the biological study of behavior. Although its initial studies go back to the second half of the XIX century, its acknowledgement as a scientific discipline dates only from 1973, when the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology is awarded to three of its...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2007 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositório: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:134216871001 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=134216871001 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Psicología human ethology urban ethology Classic ethology animal behaviour |
| Resumo: | Ethology has been traditionally defined as the biological study of behavior. Although its initial studies go back to the second half of the XIX century, its acknowledgement as a scientific discipline dates only from 1973, when the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology is awarded to three of its most outstanding representatives: Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. In this text a journey that includes the main historical landmarks of ethology will be undertaken, making special emphasis on conceptual and theoretical aspects. A revision of the background that allows the establishment of ethology as a discipline will be made, as well as a view of its development and maturity. Finally, the birth of the subdivision known as Human Ethology together with its contemporary tendencies will be addressed. |
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