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Jun 16, 2023 · June 16, 2023. Reviewed by. Olivia Guy-Evans, MSc. Lorenz (1935) investigated the mechanisms of imprinting, where some species of animals form an attachment to the first large moving object that they meet. This process suggests that attachment is innate and programmed genetically.
Konrad Lorenz, (born Nov. 7, 1903, Vienna, Austria—died Feb. 27, 1989, Altenburg), Zoologist and founder (with Nikolaas Tinbergen) of modern ethology. While still a schoolboy he nursed sick animals from the nearby zoo. In 1935 he first elucidated and demonstrated the phenomenon of imprinting in ducklings and goslings.
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (November 7, 1903 – February 27, 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, and ornithologist. He is considered one of the founders of modern ethology. Lorenz studied instinctive behavior in animals, especially in greylag geese and jackdaws.
Mar 1, 1989 · Konrad Lorenz, perhaps this century's most widely known experts on animal behavior, died Monday at his home in Altenburg, Austria, east of Vienna, at the age of 85. The Austrian Press Agency...
May 23, 2018 · Konrad Lorenz. 1903-1989 Austrian behaviorist and early leader in the field of ethology. Konrad Lorenz played a lead role in forging the field of ethology, the comparative study of animal behavior, and helped regain the stature of observation as a recognized and respected scientific method.
Life and Scientific Career. Born on 7 November 1903, Lorenz was the second and last child of Emma Lorenz and Dr. Adolf Lorenz, a distin-guished and wealthy orthopedic surgeon. Growing up in comfortable surroundings at the family home in the village of Altenberg, on the outskirts of Vienna, the young Lorenz was allowed to pursue his enthusiasms ...
Jan 1, 2021 · Together with Niko Tinbergen (1907–1968), Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989) was one of the two most important founders of the modern ethology movement. Lorenz’s key significance for ethology has been outlined as follows: The target of [Lorenz’s] investigations was at first the innate motor pattern …
