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Time of Day
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0
Does not give time of day
of observation
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1
Does give the time of day of observation
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Temperature
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0
Does not give temperature
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1
Does give the approximate
temperature during the time of
observation
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Cloud cover
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0
Does not give cloud cover
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1
Does give cloud cover
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Habitat
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0
No description of the habitat
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2
Gives a very simple, basic description that does not give the area any uniqueness
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5
Gives very good
description of
the area with some detail
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7
Gives very detail description
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Animal Size
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0
It does not state the approximate weight & height/length of the animal
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1
States approximate weight or height/length of animal.
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2
States both approximate weight and height/length of the animal
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Animal Color
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0
Does not state color
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2
Does state color of animal
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Scientific Name
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Does not give the scientific name of the animal
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1
Does give scientific name of animal but does not underline or put in italics
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2
Gives scientific name and it is in italics or underlined
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Sketch/Picture
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0
No picture or sketch
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2
Picture or sketch out of focus or appears hastily done
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4
Good picture or sketch
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Matrices
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0
No matrices
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2
Only one matrix, and it is missing info
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4
Only one matrix is complete the other is missing info.
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5
Both matrices are complete. No analysis – pattern or no pattern missing
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7
Two matrices and both complete and analysis -pattern or no pattern stated
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On Time
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0
Late
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3
On Time
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During spring break, you will observe one animal for two hours in the wild (no pets) and
construct an ethogram. Brown (1975) defines an ethogram as a set of comprehensive
descriptions of the characteristic behavior patterns of a species. An ethogram is a
result of many hours of naturalistic observation. Ethologists first used ethograms, and
eventually, psychologists began to use ethograms. Ethograms can be used for a variety
of purposes. Ethograms may be used to catalog an animal’s behavior, study the
duration of behaviors under different conditions, establish a hierarchy of behaviors, or,
as you will do in your field study, look for behavior patterns. You will observe an animal
for two hours and record its behavior. Before you start your two-hour observation
session, watch the animal for 10 – 20 minutes and look for the most frequently occurring
behaviors. After this observation, choose five behaviors that you will record.
The beginning of your field report should state the time of day, temperature, cloud cover, and a
brief description of the habitat the animal you are studying is in. Next, you should give a detailed
physical description of the animal. Find the scientific name for the animal. If you do not know
the exact genus and species, try to find the scientific name for the family or order. Example: Let
us say you are studying a street rat. You are not sure what genius and species it is, but you do
know it is a rat, so you find the scientific name for the family that rats belong to. Next, have your
two matrices that were described above. The last part of your report should consist of an
analysis of the behavior. For this analysis, your primary directive is to find a pattern, if one
exists. This analysis may be purely descriptive, or you can do a chi-square test for
independence. Finally, you should have a sketch or picture of the animal that you studied. The
text of your report must be typed. The matrices can be written or typed. The text of your paper
(excluding matrices, cover page, and sketch) should be 3-5 pages and will be turned in on
Blackboard. The report will be due Friday, 3.24.23, by 11:59 PM after spring break; 10
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