Animal behaviour is studied by psychologists mainly in laboratory. The study of animal behaviour in their natural habitats is undertaken by the science of ethology. ... Experimenting with animals and people, it tries to understand how they learn, and to devise better ways of teaching. A psychological school, known as behaviourism, maintains that human behaviour is a learned response to a stimulus, and consequently tried to establish learning as the central topic of psychology. ... Appraisal of some external stimulus or situation. ...

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