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What was the aim of Lorenz's 1935 study on geese?
Investigate
imprinting
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What is imprinting in the context of Lorenz's study?
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formation where birds follow the first moving object
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What was the procedure of Lorenz's geese study?
Goose eggs split into two groups:
Control group
: Hatched by mother in natural environment
Experimental group
: Hatched in
incubator
, first saw Lorenz
Behaviour observed, including mate preferences
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What did Lorenz observe about the experimental group of geese?
They
imprinted
on
Lorenz
and
followed
him
everywhere
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How did the control group of geese behave when mixed with the experimental group?
Control group followed their
mother
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What critical period for imprinting did Lorenz note?
Between
4
and
25
hours
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What behavior did geese imprinted on humans show?
They
exhibited
courtship
behaviors
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What did Sluckin (1966) challenge about Lorenz's findings?
He found a
sensitive
, not
critical
period
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What did Guiton (1996) find regarding imprinting in chickens?
Chickens
imprinted
on
gloves
but preferred
real
chickens
later
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Why is the generalizability of Lorenz's findings to humans questioned?
Mammalian
attachment is different from
birds
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How does human attachment differ from bird attachment according to the study?
Human attachment is
emotional
, complex, and
reciprocal
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