Gene action and behavior: A clarification.

Wilcock, John

doi:10.1037/h0030331

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“…Pattern discrimination was also demonstrated in rd mice (Karli, 1954). In agreement with Thiessen (1971), the findings quoted above demonstrate that the many single-gene studies of behavior concentrate also on central phenomena and not exclusively on empirical or "trivial" findings dealing with obvious peripheral mechanisms (Wilcock, 1971).…”

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Gene action and behavior of C3H and DBA mice: A reply to Wilcock and Thiessen.

Bovet¹,

Bovet-Nitti²,

Oliverio³

1972

Psychological Bulletin

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In commenting on a review by Wilcock, the problem of retinal degeneration (rd) of C3H mice is raised. In particular, the performance of C3H mice is discussed in relation to that of other strains in terms of rd. It is pointed out that C3H mice achieve high levels of responding under massed practice when a visual conditioned stimulus is adopted and that comparable levels of avoidance are reached when stimuli other than light are adopted.

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Gene action and behavior of C3H and DBA mice: A reply to Wilcock and Thiessen.

Bovet¹,

Bovet-Nitti²,

Oliverio³

1972

Psychological Bulletin

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“…This behavior, as mentioned earlier, is typified by the fixed action patterns studied by ethologists. Apart from work on single gene mutations (e.g., Bastock, 1956), which is in any case difficult to interpret as a contribution to evolutionary theory (Wilcock, 1969(Wilcock, , 1971, the only experiments on fixed action patterns that could be described as psychogenetic involve the hybridization of different species (e.g., Dilger, 1962;Hinde, 19S6;Lorenz, 1941;Sharpe & Johnsgard, 1966). Speciation, however, implies a cessation over a long period of time of gene flow between distinct populations of animals.…”

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Comparative psychology lives on under an assumed name Psychogenetics].

Wilcock¹

1972

American Psychologist

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NIPING at comparative psychology may be said to have started some 20 years ago in two frequently cited papers by Beach (1950) and Lorenz (19SO), It has continued sporadically but unabated ever since (e.g., Breland & Breland, 1961;Hodos & Campbell, 1969;Thorpe, 1961) to culminate in what appears to be the tragic death of comparative psychology reported by Lockard (1971). What are the circumstances surrounding the reported demise? Lockard spelled out in some detail what appears to be the agonizing end, but before any funeral is organized, there may be time to change the diagnosis. It makes sense, at least, to suggest that the symptoms characterize birth pangs rather than death throes.By way of definition, Schneirla (1966) has said, for example, that:Comparative psychology studies similarities and differences in the environmental adjustments and behavioral organization of animals on all phyletic levels, as well as individual abilities and behavioral integrations within groups [p. 283].

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Behavioral Genetics and Animal Learning

Wahłsten

1978

Psychopharmacology of Aversively Motivated Behavior

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Gene action and behavior: A clarification.

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Gene action and behavior of C3H and DBA mice: A reply to Wilcock and Thiessen.

Gene action and behavior of C3H and DBA mice: A reply to Wilcock and Thiessen.

Comparative psychology lives on under an assumed name Psychogenetics].

Behavioral Genetics and Animal Learning

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