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1. Wolves, Dogs, Rearing and Reinforcement: Complex Interactions Underlying Species Differences in Training and Problem-Solving Performance.

Author

Frank, Harry

Subjects
*ALASKAN Malamute, *WOLVES, *INFORMATION processing, *NATURAL selection, *ANIMAL breeding, *ANIMAL training, *PROBLEM solving
Abstract

Frank and Frank et al. (1982-1987) administered a series of age-graded training and problem-solving tasks to samples of Eastern timber wolf ( C. lupus lycaon) and Alaskan Malamute ( C. familiaris) pups to test Frank's (Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 53:389-399, ) model of the evolution of information processing under conditions of natural and artificial selection. Results confirmed the model's prediction that wolves should perform better than dogs on problem-solving tasks and that dogs should perform better than wolves on training tasks. Further data collected at the University of Connecticut in 1983 revealed a more complex and refined picture, indicating that species differences can be mediated by a number of factors influencing wolf performance, including socialization regimen (hand-rearing vs. mother-rearing), interactive effects of socialization on the efficacy of both rewards and punishments, and the flexibility to select learning strategies that experimenters might not anticipate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011
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2. Wolves, dogs, rearing and reinforcement: complex interactions underlying species differences in training and problem-solving performance

Author

Harry Frank

Subjects
Alaskan malamute, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Dogs, Species Specificity, Conditioning, Psychological, Genetics, media_common.cataloged_instance, Animals, Animal communication, Reinforcement, Genetics (clinical), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Problem Solving, media_common, Probability, Wolves, biology, Behavior, Animal, Socialization, Information processing, Flexibility (personality), biology.organism_classification, Animal Communication, Animals, Domestic, Lycaon, Psychology, Reinforcement, Psychology, Algorithms
Abstract

Frank and Frank et al. (1982-1987) administered a series of age-graded training and problem-solving tasks to samples of Eastern timber wolf (C. lupus lycaon) and Alaskan Malamute (C. familiaris) pups to test Frank's (Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 53:389-399, 1980) model of the evolution of information processing under conditions of natural and artificial selection. Results confirmed the model's prediction that wolves should perform better than dogs on problem-solving tasks and that dogs should perform better than wolves on training tasks. Further data collected at the University of Connecticut in 1983 revealed a more complex and refined picture, indicating that species differences can be mediated by a number of factors influencing wolf performance, including socialization regimen (hand-rearing vs. mother-rearing), interactive effects of socialization on the efficacy of both rewards and punishments, and the flexibility to select learning strategies that experimenters might not anticipate.

Published
2011

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