Findings/Conc

• Who did the incubator group follow?

  Lorenz
• Who did the control group follow?

  The mother
• What did Lorenz identify?

  A critical period in which imprinting needs to take place e.g. few hours after hatching
• What occurs if imprinting didn't occur within that time?

  Chicks didn't attach themselves to the mother figure
• When does sexual imprinting also occur?

  Whereby the birds acquire a template of the desirable characteristics required in a mate