まとめ
幼少期の暗闇での扱いは,幼い雛のインプリントを大幅に強化します. インプリントの強度に対するこの効果は,チキが5時間で扱われたときに観察されましたが,9時間では扱われませんでした.
科学分野:
- エトロジー エトロジー エトロジー
- 発達心理学の心理学について
- 動物の行動 動物の行動
背景:
- インプリントは,早熟した鳥の重要な発達プロセスです.
- 人生の初期の経験は,インプリントの強さと結果に大きな影響を与えることができます.
研究 の 目的:
- 幼生期の興奮が,幼鳥のインプリントの強さに与える影響を調査する.
- プリントの取り扱いに起因する影響の臨界年齢の窓を決定する.
主な方法:
- 幼い雛は,5歳か9歳の時に暗闇の中で扱われました.
- 移動する代理母に曝露された後,雛は30歳と54歳の時に次の反応についてテストされました.
- 処理されたグループと処理されていないコントロールグループを比較した.
主要な成果:
- 5時間後の操作は,以下の反応の有意な増加をもたらしました.
- 9時間後のハンドリングは,以下の反応に有意な影響を及ぼさなかった.
- 応答獲得前の興奮は,人生の初期に発生した場合,インプリントの強さに影響を与えます.
結論:
- 幼少期の興奮,特に5時間後の取り扱いは,インプリントの強さを高めることができます.
- 幼少期の経験のタイミングは,インプリントに与える影響において極めて重要です.
- 9時間の年齢での覚醒は,この方法によるインプリントの強化のための敏感期間の外です.
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