Delsaut M, Roy J C
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Two experiments were run on 10 lovebirds to test the reinforcing effect of the social call in an operant conditioning task. In the first experiment, the reinforced behavior (perching) which provoked the occurence of the call decreased. In the second experiment, where the same behavior stopped the continuous emission of the call, the behavior increased. This behavior may results from an avoidance to the call recorded from a lovebird which do not belong to the group of our experimental birds.
对10只情侣鹦鹉进行了两项实验,以测试社交叫声在操作性条件反射任务中的强化作用。在第一个实验中,引发叫声出现的强化行为(栖息)减少了。在第二个实验中,同样的行为停止了叫声的持续发出,该行为增加了。这种行为可能源于对一只不属于我们实验鸟类群体的情侣鹦鹉所记录叫声的回避。