Social Influences on Operant Behavior in Japanese Quail: Sex Differences Among Subjects, and Sex and Age Differences Among Companions

Deni, Richard

doi:10.1007/bf03394513

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“…Crawford and Domjan (1993) observed conditioned approach by male quail to a localized conditioned stimulus that preceded visual exposure to a female, and this conditioned approach to the light was relatively insensitive to an omission procedure. Using a combined operant-Pavlovian procedure, Deni (1978) found that male, but not female, quail reduced their rate of foodreinforced key pecking when given visual exposure to a conspecific.…”

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“…In cases in which the sexual behavior of females has been studied, it has often been more difficult to obtain evidence of sexual reinforcement. Female quail, for example, did not approach and remain near visible males (Domjan & Hall, 1986b) and did not alter their rate of foodreinforced pecking when shown conspecifics (Deni, 1978). For these reasons, attempts to demonstrate sexual learning in female quail have been problematic.…”

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The Nature of Sexual Reinforcement

Crawford

Holloway

Domjan

1993

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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Sexual reinforcers are not part of a regulatory system involved in the maintenance of critical metabolic processes, they differ for males and females, they differ as a function of species and mating system, and they show ontogenetic and seasonal changes related to endocrine conditions. Exposure to a member of the opposite sex without copulation can be sufficient for sexual reinforcement. However, copulatory access is a stronger reinforcer, and copulatory opportunity can serve to enhance the reinforcing efficacy of stimulus features of a sexual partner. Conversely, under certain conditions, noncopulatory exposure serves to decrease reinforcer efficacy. Many common learning phenomena such as acquisition, extinction, discrimination learning, second-order conditioning, and latent inhibition have been demonstrated in sexual conditioning. These observations extend the generality of findings obtained with more conventional reinforcers, but the mechanisms of these effects and their gender and species specificity remain to be explored.

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Section: Response Components Of Sexual Reinforcementmentioning

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Section: Concluding Commentsmentioning

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The Nature of Sexual Reinforcement

Crawford

Holloway

Domjan

1993

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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“…Although Deni's (1977aDeni's ( , 1977bDeni's ( , 1978 data suggest that sexual experience is not necessary for visual exposure to become an effective US, it is likely that sexual motivation underlies the effectiveness of visual exposure to a female. Domjan (1987) found that sexually inactive males do not approach and remain near females.…”

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confidence: 99%