The Effects of Food Deprivation Upon Competitive and Spontaneous Combat in C57 Black Mice

Fredericson, Emil

doi:10.1080/00223980.1950.9712776

Cited by 78 publications

(16 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Encounters thus became more frequent, and since aggressive responses were usually aroused by a fellow bird approaching too close, the level of aggression was increased. A similar explanation could account for reports of food deprivation increasing the tendency to attack in other species (e.g., in mice: Fredericson, 1950).…”

Section: Other Situational Factorsmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…In another study on mice, carried out to determine the combined and separate effects of castration and "competitive training, " Bevan et al (1960) showed that pretest experience (whether the animal won or lost encounters) had a far greater influence on later aggressive behavior than did androgen levels. Other studies have also shown that the relationship of androgens to fighting Fredericson, 1950Levy and King, 1953Lagerspetz and Talo, 1967Hutchinson et al, 1965Lincoln et al, 1972Uhrich, 1938Beeman, 1947aSigg et al, 1966Barfield et al, 1972Vandenberg, 1971Payne, 1973aPowell et al, 1971a Milligan et al, 1973Christenson et al, 1973Anisko et al, 1973 Lagerspetz et al Kuo,1960cRose et al, 1971Persky et al, 1971b Beeman, 1947a Levy and King, 1953Lagerspetz and Talo, 1967Barfield et al, 1972Kiryukhin, 1972Vandenberg, 1971Payne, 1973aHorridge, 1970Lincoln et al, 1972Andrew, 1972a (Doering et al, 1974). is more complex than merely providing a facilitating influence whatever the experimental circumstances (e.g., in mice; Bevan et al, 1957;in pigeons: Lumia et al, 1973;in quail: Kuo, 1960d).…”

Section: Sex Hormonesmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Under field conditions, in many species, fighting may occur in com-petition for a localized food source (e.g., in blue tits: Stokes, 1962; in chaffinches: Hinde, 1953;in chimpanzees: van Lawick-Goodall, 1968) although there is evidence from other species that food deprivation per se does not generally increase readiness to attack (e.g., Duncan and Wood-Gush, 1971, for the domestic fowl; Mykytowycz, 1961, for the rabbit; Strecker and Emlen, 1953, for mice;Andrew, 1957, for buntings;Blurton-Jones, 1968, for the great tit; Marler, 1956a, for the chaffinch; but see also Fredericson, 1950, for a different finding in mice). Food competition may be loosely categorized as "thwarting," in that one animal physically prevents access to a food source or to the mostpreferred food.…”

Section: G Thwartingmentioning

confidence: 96%

See 2 more Smart Citations

The Organization of Aggression and Fear In Vertebrates

Archer

1976

Perspectives in Ethology

107

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

I. ABSTRACTThis chapter considers what factors influence the occurrence of attack and fear behavior (e.g., immobility, flight, distress signals). It is argued that, with the exception of conditioned attack and fear behavior, the same types of basic situations are capable of evoking either type of response.These situations are as follows: (l) Pain. (2) A moving object coming too close to an animal (individual distance intrusion). (3) A novel object or animal entering another's familiar area: this includes not only the typical territorial situation, but also a wide range of other situations. (4) Entrance into an unfamiliar area: most commonly, fear behavior occurs, but attack can occur if there is a suitable target. (5) A familiar object in an unfamiliar place. (6) Frustrative nonreward. (7) Thwarting (a physical object preventing completion of a learned response). (8) Low reinforcement schedules, which involve delayed reward. (9) Morphine withdrawal, which is similar to frustrative nonreward.It is suggested that all these situations can summate with one another, up to a certain limit, to increase the likelihood and intensity of attack, but that above this limit fear behavior occurs.It is then suggested that all the situations involve the common property of a discrepancy between observed and expected stimulation. Different types of "neuronal models" may represent the different types of expect a-

show abstract

Section: Other Situational Factorsmentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Sex Hormonesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: G Thwartingmentioning

confidence: 96%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Organization of Aggression and Fear In Vertebrates

Archer

1976

Perspectives in Ethology

107

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Sci., 1966, Vol. 5 (11) modification of that described by Fredericson (1950) and Hall & Klein (1942). Briefly, the test involves placing two Ss together in a neutral cage and observing whether a fight occurs within 300 sec.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Social dominance in the mouse

1966

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Two inbred strains of mice were opposed in measures of tube-dominanc e, food-dominanc e, and aggression, using matched pairs of individual opponents. There were stable strain differences on all three measures, and Ss within strains were highly similar to each other in performance. Results on the food-dominance and aggression measures were concordant, while performance on the tube-dominance test was negatively related to the other two measures.While uncontrolled observation of social dominance in infrahuman animals has long been reported, there has been relatively little experimental study. In large part this has been due to the absence of sensitive and efficient measuring techniques. The present study was concerned with an examination ofarelativelynewmeasure, "tube-dominance," in relation to two other tests of social behavior. Thus, three different behavioral measures were employed: (a) a test in which hungry Ss must push against each other in a narrow tube in order to reach food, (b) a test opposing hungry Ss in an arena containing a food aperture large enough for only one S at a time to eat, (c) a test of spontaneous fighting behavior. All three tests are standardized,easytoadminister, and employ objective behavioral measures. Each measure is believed on the basis of previous research to possess at least minimally adequate psychometric properties, and has been shown to possess sensitivity to behavioral differences between inbred strains of mice.The tube-dominance test was shown in a previous study (Lindzey, Winston, & Manosevitz, 1961) to be unusually reliable and to result in very stable transitive relationships both between individual Ss within groups and between different inbred strains of mice. One means of adding to our understanding of the psychological significance of the tube-dominance measure is to observe its relation to other measures of social behavior. More specifically, in the present study we were concerned with (1) the possibility that the three tests employed might be viewed as measures of the same general trait; (2) to observe the extent to which the genetically homogeneous Ss within inbred strains would perform in the same way on these measures; and (3) to determine for each measure the stability in performance over repeated trials between individual sets of opponents. Method Twenty-six male Ss were employed, organized into 13 matched pairs that remained the same for all three phases of testing. One member of each pair was from strain A, the other from strain DBA/8. Pairs were matched on the basis of age. Both strains have been inbred for more than 30 generations of brother-sister mating. All Ss were weaned and housed with same-sex littermates at 23 days of age, individually housed in metal cages at approximately 42 days, and were 75-100 days of age at the beginning of the experiment.The aggression test is a measure of spontaneous fighting betwe"n pairs of mice. The present apparatus and testing procedure is a Psychon. Sci., 1966, Vol. 5 (11) modification of that described by Fredericson (1...

show abstract

“…EXPERIMENT 2 Fredericson (1950) reported that normal male and female mice living together under conditions of food deprivation would not fight until a food pellet was introduced into their cage. The mice in Experiment 1 were housed in isolation until testing.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Elicitation of aggression by food deprivation in olfactory bulbectomized male mice

Fortuna

1977

Psychobiology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Two experiments were conducted in order to examine the necessary conditions for the elicitation of competitive aggression in olfactory bulbectomized male mice. Experiment 1 compared the fighting produced among pairs of bulbectomized males under either food deprivation or ad-lib feeding, with and without the presence of a food-pellet/competition-eliciting stimulus. Animals fought when food-deprived but not when sated. The presence of a food pellet was not necessary for the promotion of aggression. Experiment 2 sought to remove the condition of isolation in pretest housing. However, when bulbectomized males, housed in pairs, were placed upon a food-deprivation schedule, one member was inevitably cannibalized. Identically treated controls died before exhibiting any cases of cannibalism. These findings indicate that the condition of food deprivation is sufficient to reinstate intraspecific aggression in bulbectomized male mice, as well as combine with the effects of bulbectomy to promote normally inhibited cannibalism.

show abstract

The Effects of Food Deprivation Upon Competitive and Spontaneous Combat in C57 Black Mice

Cited by 78 publications

References 7 publications

The Organization of Aggression and Fear In Vertebrates

The Organization of Aggression and Fear In Vertebrates

Social dominance in the mouse

Elicitation of aggression by food deprivation in olfactory bulbectomized male mice

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About