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Socially mediated learning in male Betta splendens. III: Rapid acquisitions
Author(s) -
Bronstein Paul M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1988)14:6<415::aid-ab2480140603>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - uncorrelated , extinction (optical mineralogy) , aggression , psychology , preference , sensory cue , fish <actinopterygii> , conditioning , cognitive psychology , social preferences , social cue , social learning , classical conditioning , communication , developmental psychology , social psychology , biology , mathematics , paleontology , statistics , pedagogy , fishery
In four experiments with male Siamese fighting fish, the classical conditioning of visual/spatial cues with elicitors of aggression was demonstrated. These studies show that this type of socially mediated learning is more rapidly conditioned than was previously known. One 15‐min training session is adequate to condition a preference for those cues that had recently been paired with conspecific images. Finally, behavior occurring during acquisition, in the presence of aggression‐eliciting cues, was uncorrelated with the magnitude of the learned preferences that were assayed during extinction tests and in the absence of social stimuli.