Lorenz

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  • What animal did Lorenz research
    Geese
  • What happened to the geese that saw Lorenz when they hatched
    They followed Lorenz
  • What is the critical period
    time period in which imprinting must take place or it will not take place at all.
  • What is a weakness of Lorens’ study
    Cant be generalised from birds to humans
  • what does imprinting often lead to
    Courtship behaviour being displayed
  • What is imprinting
    A form of attachment exhibited in birds where they imprint on the first moving object they encounter after hatching