Studies on the reproductive activities of the guinea pig. II. The rôle of hunger in filial behavior.
- 1 February 1940
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative Psychology
- Vol. 29 (1) , 25-41
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0059872
Abstract
The behavior of newly born guinea pigs in seeking the mother was studied by means of the hurdle-box technique described in the first article of the series. The avg. time of crossing the barrier and the number of crossings in a 10-min. period were used as criteria. In some trials the young were fed cow''s milk, in other trials no food was given. Every 3d day trials were run in which the young ran to an empty compartment rather than to the mother. The results support the following conclusions: hunger is an important component of the filial behavior; non-hunger motivation also was demonstrated; the mother was shown to have an effect upon the drive over and above the biological condition of the animal. The non-hunger motivation may be explained as due to 2 factors: a thermo-regulating factor innately detd. and a social stimulating factor of the mother arising from frequent ministrations to the young.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Studies on the reproductive activities of the guinea pig: I. Factors in maternal behavior.Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1940