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OPERANT CONDITIONING OF TWO STRAINS OF THE POINTER DOG 1
Author(s) -
Murphree Oddist D.,
Dykman Roscoe A.,
Peters John E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1967.tb02727.x
Subject(s) - psychology , breed , dominance (genetics) , developmental psychology , operant conditioning , cognitive psychology , social psychology , reinforcement , genetics , biology , gene
Within the pointer breed of dog two strains have been developed by selective mating and line breeding. The goal is that of producing behaviorally distinct stable and unstable (nervous) strains to measure hereditary effects including dominance and sex linkage, if present. Some behavioral difference emerged early. Measures of operant conditioning and other behavioral tests have little overlap. We conclude that genetic controls are important for behavioral research, even within a single breed, and that temperamental variables have strong genetic factors as well as environmental ones.