THE BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY

The behavioral biology


Overview


From aggression to cooperation ...

Behavioral biology (or ethology) is based on the study of human and animal behavior. The interest in the behavior of humans and animals is as old as the society itself. First evidence goes back to antiquity to Plato and Aristotle.

In modern times, the study of behavior by the bavarianism got a real boost. Experiments by Ivan Pavlov (Pavlovian dogs), John B. Watson (Little Albert experiment) and B.F. Skinner (Operant Conditioning) laid the groundwork for a completely new view of behavior. For the first time the question came to the fore: which behavior is innate, which only learned?

Behavioral Biology


Basic concepts:


 Aggression
 Altruism
 Behaviorism
 Instinct
 Conditioning
 Cooperation
 Reflex
 Behavior

Behavior:


 Innate behavior
     Unconditional reflexes
     instinctive behavior
        Courtship
        Brood
        Kindchenschema
        Territorial
     Automation
 Learned behavior
     Conditional reflexes
     Embossing
     Imitation

Learn:


 Operant conditioning
 Classic conditioning
 Learning through insight
 Imitation learning (learning on the model)
 Habituation
 Embossing

Experiments on behavior:


 Pavlovian dog
 Skinner box
 Mirror test
 Learned helplessness
 Kasper-Hauser trial / Hospitalism

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