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Studies of Maternal Retrieving in Rats. Iii. Sensory Cues Involved in the Lactating Female's Response To Her Young 1)

Studies of Maternal Retrieving in Rats. Iii. Sensory Cues Involved in the Lactating Female's... STUDIES OF MATERNAL RETRIEVING IN RATS. III. SENSORY CUES INVOLVED IN THE LACTATING FEMALE'S RESPONSE TO HER YOUNG 1) by FRANK A. BEACH and JULIAN JAYNES (Department of Psychology, Yale University) (With 3 Figs) (Rec. 16-XI-1955) 1NTRODUCTION A central problem in the analysis of complex patterns of behavior is identification of the evoking stimuli. This is especially important in con- nection with those "species-specific" types of behavior which 'are usually termed "instinctive". As LASHLEY has expressed it: It is really imperative that we make a serious effort to define the adequate stimulus, not only in studies of instinct but equally in studies of reflexes and learning. Psycho- logical theories based upon the relations of stimulus and response remain sheer nonsense so long as the stimulus is defined only as whatever the experimenter puts in front of the animal. We have gone far enough in this work to be sure that the animal rarely reacts to what the experimenter regards as the stimulus. In any complex situation the true basis of reaction can be discovered only by systematic variation of all the parts and properties of the supposed stimulus (1938, P. 459). Ethological investigators have been much more aware http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Studies of Maternal Retrieving in Rats. Iii. Sensory Cues Involved in the Lactating Female's Response To Her Young 1)

Beach, Frank A.; Jaynes, Julian
Behaviour , Volume 10 (1): 104 – Jan 1, 1956
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STUDIES OF MATERNAL RETRIEVING IN RATS. III. SENSORY CUES INVOLVED IN THE LACTATING FEMALE'S RESPONSE TO HER YOUNG 1) by FRANK A. BEACH and JULIAN JAYNES (Department of Psychology, Yale University) (With 3 Figs) (Rec. 16-XI-1955) 1NTRODUCTION A central problem in the analysis of complex patterns of behavior is identification of the evoking stimuli. This is especially important in con- nection with those "species-specific" types of behavior which 'are usually termed "instinctive". As LASHLEY has expressed it: It is really imperative that we make a serious effort to define the adequate stimulus, not only in studies of instinct but equally in studies of reflexes and learning. Psycho- logical theories based upon the relations of stimulus and response remain sheer nonsense so long as the stimulus is defined only as whatever the experimenter puts in front of the animal. We have gone far enough in this work to be sure that the animal rarely reacts to what the experimenter regards as the stimulus. In any complex situation the true basis of reaction can be discovered only by systematic variation of all the parts and properties of the supposed stimulus (1938, P. 459). Ethological investigators have been much more aware

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Published: Jan 1, 1956

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