“…Those studies in which young birds are allowed to interact in a group prior to exposure to an imprinting stimulus usually have reported that the bonds between the members of the group preclude or greatly attenuate attachment to the imprinting stimulus (Graves & Siegel, 1968; Guiton, 1959; James, 1960;Polt & Hess, 1964; Reese, Schotte, Bechtold, & Cowley, 1972;Sluckin & Salzen, 1961). Thus, when group-reared birds were confronted as a group with an imprinting stimulus, they either ran from the stimulus or ignored it (Guiton, 1959;Sluckin & Salzen, 1961). Furthermore, when group-reared birds were confronted individually with an imprinting stimulus, they also tended to ignore it.…”