Complexity and Colour Preferences in Chicks of Different Ages
- 1 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 23 (3) , 255-260
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14640746908401819
Abstract
Five- and six-day old chicks were found to prefer a complex stimulus to a simple one, whilst 2-day old ones showed no such preference; but a red stimulus, whether simple or complex, tended to be preferred at both age levels when it was paired with a non-coloured complex stimulus. Preference for complexity may be usefully viewed in any species in the context of the behavioural development of the individual.Keywords
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