| Relative efficacy of human social interaction and food as reinforcers for domestic dogs and hand-reared wolves. | |
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PMID: 22851794 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Despite the intimate relationship dogs share with humans in Western society, we know relatively little about the variables that produce and maintain dog social behavior towards humans. One possibility is that human social interaction is itself a reinforcer for dog behavior. As an initial assessment of the variables that might maintain dog social behavior, we compared the relative efficacy of brief human social interaction to a small piece of food as a reinforcer for an arbitrary response (nose touch). We investigated this in three populations of canids: shelter dogs, owned dogs, and hand-reared wolves. Across all three canid populations, brief social interaction was a relatively ineffective reinforcer compared to food for most canids, producing lower responding and longer latencies than food. |
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Authors:
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Erica N Feuerbacher; Clive D L Wynne |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Volume: 98 ISSN: 1938-3711 ISO Abbreviation: J Exp Anal Behav Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-08-01 Completed Date: 2013-01-07 Revised Date: 2013-03-08 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0203727 Medline TA: J Exp Anal Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 105-29 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112250, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. efeuerbacher@ufl.edu |
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Animal Feed Animals Bonding, Human-Pet Dogs / psychology* Extinction, Psychological Female Humans Male Reaction Time Reinforcement (Psychology)* Reward Social Behavior* Wolves / psychology* |
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