ethological

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Likewise, there are discussions of understanding the cultural and ethological aspects of Laurence's life, such as her belief in sorcery.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2023

The primates “were suffering the ethological deprivations and frustrations inherent in laboratory life”, said John Gluck, an expert in animal ethics at the University of New Mexico.

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2020

Perhaps this isn’t just a highly involving novel about a scientist’s emotional life or a slightly fictionalized ethological study.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2018

His book, the only first-hand account of life inside the camp, is both a visceral ethological record and a disturbing portrait of an anguished and embittered Fossey.

From Nature • Jan. 30, 2018

As he describes it: To carefully study the organization and sequence of this, the approach must be naturalistic or ethological.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell