PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Research Question, Ethogram
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Lecture 7 measuring behavior measuring behaviour: elephant ethograms. Ethogram = formal description of an animals behavior. Ethogram time budget (frequency & time: frequency being number and time being how long animal engages in particular behavior. Methods: recorded behaviour every 5 minutes for an entire day once a week for 11 months, based off of this, came up with an ethogram. Elephants spent about of their time feeding. Stereotypic behaviour negatively correlated with feeding behaviour: aka when these animals were feeding, the stress behavior went down. A solution to reduce stress: using widely spaced feeders to supply food slowly and at random times could reduce the frequency of stereotypic behaviour. Another example of animal behaviour: learning as an adaptation in juncos (type of bird) Learning allows animals to adapt to their environment. Research question: does age (experience) affect feeding efficiency? (sullivan 1988) Hypothesis: as birds age they should have more experience handling food.
