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. ... For example, this can be seen in the emphasis on information-processing models. ... Appraisal of some external stimulus or situation. ...

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Kicking, biting, throwing objects, banging their heads, pulling their hair, or biting their arms are all examples of activities a child possesses when in rage. ... The stimulus-response relationship builds a connection for children with autism and emphasizes this relationship. ...

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Their theory expressed the belief that experiences were "reduced to individual parts, and against behaviorism's reduction of experiences to simple stimulus-response reflexes" (Dahl, 2005). ... A simple example of this would be a spot of one color surrounded by a different color. In this particular example, we would perceive the visual field as two components: the spot and the surrounding color. ...

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