Imitation and social facilitation in the pigeon |
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| Authors: | Thomas R Zentall David E Hogan |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 40506, Lexington, Kentucky
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| Abstract: | The sight of another pigeon pecking a response key for grain resulted in similar pecking by more pigeons than did the sight of another pigeon eating or the sight of another pigeon (neither pecking nor eating). But more pigeons pecked the response key when they could see another pigeon that was neither pecking nor eating than when no other pigeon was there (whether or not key-light/grain pairings were observable in the adjacent compartment). Finally, observation of another pigeon pecking but not eating produced pecking comparable to observation of both pecking and eating. The presence of both imitation and social facilitation of keypecking were demonstrated. Observation of the consummatory response contributed little to keypecking. |
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