An ethological perspective on how to define and study behaviour

Number of references: 13 An ethological perspective 2 While Furr (this issue) makes many important contributions to the study of behaviour, his definition of behaviour is somewhat questionable and also lacks a broader theoretical frame. I provide some historical and theoretical background on the study of behaviour in psychology and biology, from which I conclude that a general definition of behaviour might be out of reach. However, psychological research can gain from adding a functional perspective on behaviour in the tradition of Tinbergens’s four questions, which takes long-term outcomes and fitness consequences of behaviours into account. (88 words) An ethological perspective 3 Furr (this issue) puts his finger on an important topic: The neglect of behaviour in psychology. The most valuable part of his target article is certainly th