CAGE SIZE AND DISCRIMINATION TESTS IN BIRDS - A METHODOLOGICAL CAUTION

被引：5

作者：

NEUMANN, CP

KLOPFER, PH

机构：

[1] Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

来源：

BEHAVIOUR | 1969年 / 34卷

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

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D O I：

10.1163/156853969X00026

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

A positive correlation was found between the stability of a learned discrimination and increased cage size in canaries. In the smaller cages, the canaries failed to achieve criterion for a simple discrimination problem, while in a cage four times as large, the same canaries immediately achieved a criterion level performance. A fruitful use of operant conditioning methods requires consideration of the features of the environment important to the animal. © 1969, Brill. All rights reserved.

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