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displacement activity: a standalone construct

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Ethology

behaviour that seems out of context, such as grooming during a fight, appearing when two opposing drives are in conflict.

In ethology, displacement activity refers to behaviour that seems out of context, such as grooming during a fight, appearing when two opposing drives are in conflict. This meaning comes from Tinbergen (1952) in The Quarterly Review of Biology.[1]

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References

  1. Tinbergen, N. (1952). "Derived" Activities; Their Causation, Biological Significance, Origin, and Emancipation During Evolution. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 27(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1086/398642

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