M'zaka za m'ma 60, maphunziro oyambirira a ethological a khalidwe la ana anachitika. Ntchito zazikulu zingapo m’derali zinachitidwa pafupifupi nthaŵi imodzi ndi N. Blairton Jones, P. Smith ndi C. Connolly, W. McGrew. Woyamba adafotokoza zambiri zofananira, machitidwe aukali komanso chitetezo mwa ana ndikusankha kusewera kwa goo ngati machitidwe odziyimira pawokha [Blurton Jones, 1972]. Wotsirizirayo anachita zowonera mwatsatanetsatane za khalidwe la ana a zaka ziwiri miyezi isanu ndi inayi kwa zaka zinayi miyezi isanu ndi inayi kunyumba ndi kindergarten (pagulu la makolo ndi popanda iwo) ndipo anasonyeza pamaso pa kusiyana jenda mu chikhalidwe chikhalidwe. Ananenanso kuti kusiyana kwa umunthu kungathe kufotokozedwa pamaziko a deta pa maonekedwe akunja a khalidwe [Smith, Connolly, 1972]. W. McGrew m'buku lake «The Ethological Study of Children's Behavior» anapereka mwatsatanetsatane ethogram khalidwe la ana ndipo anatsimikizira applicability wa mfundo ethological ndi mfundo, monga ulamuliro, territoriality, chikoka cha kachulukidwe gulu pa chikhalidwe cha anthu, ndi dongosolo la chidwi [McGrew, 1972]. Izi zisanachitike, mfundozi zinkaonedwa kuti ndi zothandiza kwa zinyama ndipo zinkagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi akatswiri a primatologists. Kusanthula kwa ethological kwa mpikisano ndi kulamulira pakati pa ana asukulu zam'sukulu kunapangitsa kuti zitheke kunena kuti utsogoleri wotsogola m'magulu oterowo umamvera malamulo a transitivity liniya, umakhazikitsidwa mwachangu panthawi yopanga gulu la anthu ndipo umakhala wokhazikika pakapita nthawi. Zoonadi, vutoli silingathe kuthetsedwa kwathunthu, chifukwa deta ya olemba osiyanasiyana imasonyeza mbali zosiyanasiyana za chochitika ichi. Malinga ndi lingaliro lina, kulamulira kumakhudzana mwachindunji ndi mwayi wokonda kupeza zinthu zochepa [Strayer, Strayer, 1976; Charlesworth ndi Lafreniere 1983]. Malinga ndi ena - ndi luso logwirizana ndi anzawo ndikukonzekera anthu ocheza nawo, kukopa chidwi (deta yathu pa ana a ku Russia ndi Kalmyk).
Malo ofunikira pa ntchito ya ethology ya ana anali otanganidwa ndi maphunziro a kulankhulana kopanda mawu. Kugwiritsa ntchito makina ojambulira nkhope opangidwa ndi P. Ekman ndi W. Friesen adalola G. Oster kuzindikira kuti makanda amatha kuchita zonse motsanzira mayendedwe amagulu a akulu [Oster, 1978]. Kuwona mawonekedwe a nkhope ya ana owona ndi akhungu m'chilengedwe cha zochitika za masana [Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1973] komanso momwe ana amachitira poyeserera [Charlesworth, 1970] zidapangitsa kuti ana akhungu asakhale ndi mwayi wopezeka. Kuphunzira kowoneka kumawonetsa mawonekedwe a nkhope ofanana muzochitika zofanana. Kuwona kwa ana a zaka ziwiri mpaka zisanu kwapangitsa kuti zikhale zotheka kuyankhula za kufalikira kwa mafotokozedwe odziwika bwino [Abramovitch, Marvin, 1975]. Pamene luso la mwana likukula, pakati pa zaka za 2,5 ndi 4,5 zaka, palinso kuwonjezeka kwafupipafupi kugwiritsa ntchito kumwetulira kwa anthu [Cheyne, 1976]. Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa njira za chikhalidwe cha anthu pofufuza njira zachitukuko kunatsimikizira kukhalapo kwa maziko obadwa nawo a chitukuko cha maonekedwe a nkhope ya munthu [Hiatt et al, 1979]. C. Tinbergen anagwiritsa ntchito njira za ethological mu psychiatry ya ana kuti afufuze zochitika za autism mwa ana, kufotokoza mfundo yakuti kupeŵa kuyang'ana, komwe kumakhala kwa ana ovutika maganizo, kumayamba chifukwa cha mantha ocheza nawo.