Psychologist Lorenz

was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Altenberg, near Vienna, Austria. His father is a professor of medicine at the University of Vienna and an internationally renowned plastic surgeon. His eldest brother inherited his father's business. Therefore, Lorenz has been preparing to study medicine under the expectations of his family since he was a child. However, when he was 9 years old and went to the countryside with his family for a summer vacation, he fell in love with field life and has been interested in studying animal behavior ever since. However, at his father's insistence, he went to Columbia University in New York in 1922 to study medicine. Unexpectedly, he discovered that based on the anatomical structure of organisms, comparative anatomy and embryology are more suitable for explaining the behavioral patterns of organisms than paleontology. At the same time, he also studied psychology. Returning to Vienna in 1923, he continued his medical studies at the University of Vienna. While in college, he studied comparative anatomy and began to use comparative anatomy methods to study animal behavior. In his book "Social Behavior of Birds" published in 1935, he summarized his comparative research on more than 30 species of birds, analyzing the behavioral functions of parent birds, young birds, sexual partners and other relatives and the factors that caused these behaviors. condition. This book is an example of applying comparative methods to the study of animal behavior. After receiving his doctorate in medicine in 1928, he stayed at the school as an associate professor. Due to lack of interest in medical work, he finally returned to the University of Vienna to study zoology. In 1936, he received a doctorate in philosophy of zoology from the University of Munich. In the same year, he founded the German Society of Animal Psychology and became its editor-in-chief. Journal of Animal Psychology.