Theorists
C. Lloyd Morgan – 1852 1936
A comprehensive academic examination of C. Lloyd Morgan (1852–1936), his canon of parsimony, comparative psychology,...
Comparative Psychology
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Theorists
Beatrix Gardner – 1933 1995
A comprehensive academic analysis of the life, ethological methodology, and landmark sign language research of...
October 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Theorists
Allen Gardner – 1930 2021
A comprehensive academic examination of comparative psychologist R. Allen Gardner (1930–2021), Project Washoe, cross-fostering ethology,...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Allogrooming: Evolutionary Logic of Social Touch
Explore allogrooming: the ethological concept of social grooming, its evolutionary logic, neurobiology, and role as...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Agonistic Behavior: The Biology of Social Conflict
A comprehensive academic dictionary entry on agonistic behavior, examining the evolutionary foundations, communicative displays, submission...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Adjunctive Behavior: The Schedule-Induced Phenomenon
Adjunctive behavior refers to excessive, repetitive, non-reinforced motor responses that emerge during the inter-reinforcer intervals...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Activity Drive: The Engine of Movement
The activity drive is an endogenous physiological and motivational mechanism that compels organisms toward spontaneous...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Action-Specific Energy: The Engine of Instinct
Action-specific energy is a foundational classical ethology concept proposed by Konrad Lorenz, describing an endogenous...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Action Pattern: Blueprint of Innate Behavior
Explore the comprehensive academic definition of action patterns in ethology and psychology, examining fixed and...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Experiments
The Pigeon Concept Learning Experiment (Trees, Water, Margaret) – Richard Herrnstein
A comprehensive academic analysis of Richard Herrnstein's groundbreaking concept learning experiments in pigeons, exploring visual...
September 16, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Experiments
The Artificial Selection for Maze Bright and Maze Dull Rats – Robert Tryon
A comprehensive academic analysis of Robert Tryon's landmark selective breeding experiment on maze-bright and maze-dull...
September 16, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Experiments
The Number Conservation and Ordinality in Monkeys – Elizabeth Brannon and Herbert Terrace
A comprehensive academic analysis of Elizabeth Brannon and Herbert Terrace's seminal research on numerical ordinality...
September 16, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti