Epstein R
Foundation for Research on the Nervous System, 36 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Behav Processes. 1984 Jul;9(4):347-54. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(84)90021-4.
Experimentally-naive pigeons were placed on one side of a clear partition. A pigeon on the other side received food for pecking a ping-pong ball, pulling a rope, or pecking a plastic disk. When given access to a similar object, each naive pigeon pecked or pulled at a low rate for several sessions and two continued to do so forseveral sessions in the absence of the leader. In a second experiment, the latter effect was demonstrated after a delay of 24 hours, even though the naive pigeons had never had access to the object in the presence of the model. A third experiment demonstrated that the effect on the follower was not due merely to the presence of or activity of another pigeon and was at least somewhat specific to the behavior of the model.
从未接触过实验的鸽子被放置在一个透明隔板的一侧。隔板另一侧的一只鸽子通过啄乒乓球、拉绳子或啄塑料盘来获取食物。当给每只从未接触过实验的鸽子一个类似的物体时，它们在最初的几个实验环节中啄或拉的频率较低，而且有两只鸽子在没有示范者的情况下，在接下来的几个实验环节中仍持续如此。在第二个实验中，即使这些从未接触过实验的鸽子在示范者在场时从未接触过该物体，在24小时的延迟后仍出现了上述效果。第三个实验表明，对跟随者的影响不仅仅是由于另一只鸽子的存在或活动，并且至少在某种程度上特定于示范者的行为。
