Lorenz Flashcards

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Aim

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To investigate the effects of imprinting on gosling

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Method

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Field experiment

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Procedure 1

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Randomly divided the goose eggs
Half hatched with mother goose in natural enviornment (control group)
Other half were hatched in an incubator (experimental group)

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Procedure 2

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Once egg hatched the two groups were mixed together. He varied the time between birth and seeing an object

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Finding

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Incubator group saw Lorenz first followed him. Control group saw mother goose and followed her. Found a critical period of 12 to 17 hours

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