Applied Equine Behavior
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behavior
activity of an organism in response to a stimulus
stereotypic behavior
coping behavior, doesn’t exist in the wild
ethology
outgrowth of biology, scientific and objective study of animal behavior, focus on behavior under natural conditions
psychology
outgrowth of human psychology, focus on a few species to understand the whole, seeking general laws
tinderbergen’s 4 questions
mechanism, development, function, evolution
proximate questions (how)
mechanism, development
ultimate questions (why)
function, evolution
mechanism (causation)
the physiology of behavior
development (ontogeny)
how behavior develops over lifetime
function (adaptation)
contribution to survival/reproduction
evolution (phylogeny)
how a behavior has evolved
agonistic behavior
defensive behavior
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