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A review of the methods used to describe and measure aggressive behaviour in physiological studies
Author(s) -
Huntingford Felicity A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1980)6:3<205::aid-ab2480060302>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , medicine , developmental psychology , medical emergency
A review of the methods used to study behaviour in a number of experiments investigating the physiology of aggression highlights in the following problems: 1) the narrow range of species studied, 2) the inappropriate conditions in which animals are often housed for observation, 3) the inappropriate stimuli used to elicit aggressive responses in some cases, and 4) the lack of adequate detail with which behaviour is often recorded and analysed. It is stressed that without better techniques for studying behaviour, many questions about the organisation of aggression will remain unanswered.