Enhanced Distress Vocalization through Selective Reinforcement

21 January 1966

journal article
other
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 151 (3708) , 352-354
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.151.3708.352

Abstract

Eighteen Peking ducklings were imprinted and tested for their tendency to emit distress calls during the presentation and withdrawal of the imprinted stimulus. A subsequent arrangement in which each distress vocalization led to a 5-second presentation of the imprinted stimulus resulted in an enhanced tendency to emit distress calls.

Keywords

DISTRESS VOCALIZATION
TENDENCY TO EMIT
ENHANCED DISTRESS
STIMULUS RESULTED
SELECTIVE REINFORCEMENT
SECOND PRESENTATION
PEKING DUCKLINGS

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Imprinting: Empirical basis and theoretical significance.
Psychological Bulletin, 1960