Dispersion and movement in small flocks of domestic chicks

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dc.contributor.authorWellman, Arnold Woodwarden_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T20:15:38Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T20:15:38Z
dc.date.copyright1969en_US
dc.date.issued1969
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThe object of the present set of experiments was to determine the effects of food deprivation and prior experience in the test environment upon the group dispersion and movement of small flocks of domestic chicks in a controlled field situation. One hundred and two White Leghorn cockerels were tested in groups of six subjects, in both two, and three factor, factorial experimental designs. It was found that after five pre-exposure sessions in the test setting, groups undergoing food deprivation were more dispersed and showed a greater amount of movement than groups not deprived of food prior to be being tested. Increases in the amount of food deprivation reĀ­sulted in increases in group dispersion and in the amount of movement. The results substantiated the usefulness of this laboratory model of gregarious open field behavior. The role of social facilitation of the feeding response was considered within the context of social communication.en
dc.format.extent45 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/20116
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleDispersion and movement in small flocks of domestic chicksen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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