Early Animal Behaviorists

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First to state that all animal behavior was instinctual

Jacques Loeb

Argued that behavior should be explained in the simplest of ways that is consistent with the available evidence

C. Loyd Morgan

His work lead to the development of operant conditioning 

E.L Thorndike 

His work lead to the idea of classical conditioning 

Ivan Pavlov 

“Father of behavioral endocrinology”

Frank Beach

Came up with the idea of inclusive fitness

W.D. Hamilton

Came up with the idea of sociobiology

E.O. Wilson

Attempted to tie both approaches together and developed the four questions of animal behavior

Niko Tinbergen