The present study investigated effects of (1) observing male vs. female models and (2) number of response-relevant cues provided by models. Six groups of male mice were trained to lever press for water after observing leverpressing responses, drinking responses, or no relevant responses of male or female models. The control group spent time in the observation box with out an available model. The subjects paired with models that provided more response-relevant cues learned the fastest; the subjects paired with males performed better than those paired with females. Mice that learned without models were inferior only to the group paired with leverpressing males. A sensory-sensory conditioning hypothesis only partially explains these results. © 1980, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Sex and response of models in observational learning in mice
SANAVIO, EZIO;
1980
Abstract
The present study investigated effects of (1) observing male vs. female models and (2) number of response-relevant cues provided by models. Six groups of male mice were trained to lever press for water after observing leverpressing responses, drinking responses, or no relevant responses of male or female models. The control group spent time in the observation box with out an available model. The subjects paired with models that provided more response-relevant cues learned the fastest; the subjects paired with males performed better than those paired with females. Mice that learned without models were inferior only to the group paired with leverpressing males. A sensory-sensory conditioning hypothesis only partially explains these results. © 1980, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.
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