A cikin 60s, an gudanar da karatun farko na ethological na halayen yara. Manyan ayyuka da yawa a wannan yanki an gudanar da su kusan lokaci guda ta hanyar N. Blairton Jones, P. Smith da C. Connolly, W. McGrew. Na farko ya bayyana adadin maganganu masu kama da juna, matsananciyar tsauri da na tsaro a cikin yara kuma ya ware wasan wasa a matsayin nau'i mai zaman kansa [Blurton Jones, 1972]. Ƙarshen ya gudanar da cikakkun bayanai game da halayen yara masu shekaru daga shekaru biyu na watanni tara zuwa shekaru hudu a gida da kuma a cikin kindergarten (a cikin haɗin gwiwar iyaye da kuma ba tare da su ba) kuma ya nuna kasancewar bambancin jinsi a cikin zamantakewa. Har ila yau, sun ba da shawarar cewa za a iya kwatanta bambance-bambancen halayen mutum bisa ga bayanai kan bayyanar halayen waje [Smith, Connolly, 1972]. W. McGrew a cikin littafinsa «The Ethological Study of Children's Behavior» ya ba da cikakken ethogram na yara hali da kuma tabbatar da applicability na ethological Concepts da Concepts, irin su dominance, yanki, da tasiri na rukuni yawa a kan zamantakewa hali, da kuma tsarin. hankali [McGrew, 1972]. Kafin wannan, an yi la'akari da waɗannan ra'ayoyin sun dace da dabbobi kuma an yi amfani da su da farko ta hanyar masu ilimin farko. Wani bincike na ethological game da gasa da rinjaye a tsakanin ƴan makarantar sakandare ya sa ya yiwu a kammala cewa matsayi na rinjaye a cikin irin waɗannan kungiyoyi suna biyayya ga ka'idodin mika wuya, an kafa shi da sauri a lokacin kafa ƙungiyar zamantakewa kuma ya kasance mai tsayi a kan lokaci. Tabbas, matsalar ta yi nisa ga warwarewa sosai, domin bayanan marubuta daban-daban na nuni da bangarori daban-daban na wannan lamari. A cewar wani ra'ayi, rinjaye yana da alaƙa kai tsaye da damar fifiko ga iyakataccen albarkatu [Strayer, Strayer, 1976; Charlesworth da Lafreniere 1983. A cewar wasu - tare da ikon yin hulɗa tare da takwarorinsu da tsara hanyoyin sadarwar zamantakewa, jawo hankali (bayanan mu akan yaran Rasha da Kalmyk).
Wani muhimmin wuri a cikin aikin a kan ilimin halin yara ya shagaltar da binciken da ba a magana ba. Yin amfani da tsarin coding na motsin fuska wanda P. Ekman da W. Friesen suka kirkira ya ba G. Oster damar tabbatar da cewa jarirai na iya yin duk wani motsi na muscular na manya [Oster, 1978]. Lura da yanayin fuskokin yara masu gani da makafi a cikin yanayin yanayin ayyukan rana [Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1973] da kuma halayen yara a cikin yanayi na gwaji [Charlesworth, 1970] ya kai ga ƙarshe cewa yara makafi sun hana yiwuwar yin hakan. ilmantarwa na gani yana nuna irin yanayin fuska a yanayi iri ɗaya. Abubuwan lura da yara masu shekaru biyu zuwa biyar sun ba da damar yin magana game da faɗaɗa jigon jita-jita na kwaikwayi kalamai [Abramovitch, Marvin, 1975]. Yayin da ilimin zamantakewar yaro ya girma, tsakanin shekaru 2,5 zuwa 4,5, ana samun karuwar yawan amfani da murmushin zamantakewa [Cheyne, 1976]. Yin amfani da hanyoyin ilimin dabi'a a cikin nazarin hanyoyin haɓakawa ya tabbatar da kasancewar tushen asali don haɓaka yanayin fuskar ɗan adam [Hiatt et al, 1979]. C. Tinbergen ya yi amfani da hanyoyin ethological a cikin ilimin likitancin yara don nazarin abubuwan da ke tattare da autism a cikin yara, yana jawo hankali ga gaskiyar cewa guje wa kallo, na al'ada ga yara masu autistic, yana haifar da tsoro na hulɗar zamantakewa.