Lorenz

• The animals that he conducted his research on were Geese
• Procedure: divide clutch of eggs in two, half raised by mother and other Half were in an incubator
• Procedure: the first thing the incubator group saw was Lorenz

  other group saw mother first
• Findings: Incubator group followed Lorenz wherever he went , control group followed mother
• findings: when both groups were mixed went to primary caregiver so incubator went straight to Lorenz
• Imprinting - Birds attach to and follow first moving object they see
• Critical period - time imprinting must take place

  as little as a few hours