Behaviorology: Difference between revisions

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Behaviorology is a "verbal community that results from a scientific effort pursued in common."^[1] The members of that community call themselves "behaviorologists".^[2] "Behaviorologists discover, interpret, and gain control of the environmental variables that functionally determine the behaviors of individual organisms."^[3]

Behaviorologists have organized several associations, including those listed below.

References

↑ Ernest A. Vargas, in Origins and Components of Behaviorology (Stephen F. Ledoux; 2002; New York: ABCs), page 36.
↑ Stephen F. Ledoux, "Defining Natural Sciences," Behaviorology Today, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 2002, page 36.
↑ Lawrence E. Fraley, General Behaviorology: The Natural Science of Human Behavior (2008; New York: ABCs) page 36.

[1] Ernest A. Vargas, in Origins and Components of Behaviorology (Stephen F. Ledoux; 2002; New York: ABCs), page 36.

[2] Stephen F. Ledoux, "Defining Natural Sciences," Behaviorology Today, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 2002, page 36.

[3] Lawrence E. Fraley, General Behaviorology: The Natural Science of Human Behavior (2008; New York: ABCs) page 36.

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-[[Ethology]] is the scientific study of the behavior of animals.  Behaviorology is a branch of ethology.  Behaviorology is the ''experimental'' study of the behavior of animals.
+Behaviorology is a "verbal community that results from a scientific effort pursued in common."<ref>Ernest A. Vargas, in ''Origins and Components of Behaviorology'' (Stephen F. Ledoux; 2002; New York: ABCs), {{link|http://www.behaviorology.org/pdf/F&LCh2OriginsBk.pdf|page 36}}.</ref>  The members of that community call themselves "behaviorologists".<ref>Stephen F. Ledoux, "Defining Natural Sciences," ''Behaviorology Today,'' Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 2002, {{link|http://www.behaviorology.org/pdf/DefineNatlSciences.pdf|page 36}}.</ref> "Behaviorologists discover, interpret, and gain control of the environmental variables that functionally determine the behaviors of individual organisms."<ref>Lawrence E. Fraley, ''General Behaviorology: The Natural Science of Human Behavior'' (2008; New York: ABCs) {{link|http://www.behaviorology.org/pdf/gGenBgCh1NatlSciBeh.pdf|page 36}}.</ref>
-Ethologists usually study the behavior of animals in natural settings.  They sometimes use camouflaged shelters so that their presence does not disturb the animals that they are studying.  In contrast, behaviorologists usually study the behavior of animals during experiments that they conduct in carefully controlled laboratories.  Such experiments often involve the use of a device known as an [[operant conditioning chamber]].
+Behaviorologists have organized several associations, including those listed below.
-Behaviorologists '''design''' and conduct animal behavior experiments.  During an experiment, they collect data about the behavior of an animal.  The data may show that over a period of time and under a particular set of experimental conditions the animal's propensity to behave in a particular way either increased or decreased or remained unchanged. The behaviorologists may then conduct additional experiments under slightly modified experimental conditions.
+*{{link|http://www.behaviorology.org|The International Behaviorology Institute}}
+*{{link|http://web.me.com/eavargas/ISB/Home.html|The International Society for Behaviorology}}
+*{{link|http://www.loshorcones.org/index_eng.html|Comunidad de los Horcones}}
-Over the course of many years and many experiments, behaviorologists have learned which conditions will increase the frequency of various animal behaviors and which conditions will decrease the frequency of various behaviors.  This knowledge has been applied to the task of training animals to behave in desired ways.
+=====References=====
-In the early 1970s a group of behaviorologists '''designed''' the ultimate animal behavior experiment.  Then they '''built''' a laboratory in which they could conduct that experiment.  Their experiment is ongoing.  They named their laboratory [[Los Horcones]].
+<references/>
-=====External Links=====
+[[Category:Behavior]]
-*{{link|http://www.behaviorology.org|The International Behaviorology Institute}}
-*{{link|http://www.societyforbehaviorology.org|Society for Behaviorology}}

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