I see that I was wrong: I believed that the number of species having the
ability to learn through observation was fairly small. Probably a
vestige of my desire to believe in some version of a "chain of being,"
with us, of course, being near the top (just below the angels).
Thank you all--Susan
After I sent that last message, I discovered the bibliography Sea World
put together on animal behavior/learning. Their most recent listing is
1986.
http://www.seaworld.org/animal_training/atbib.html
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Animal Training at SeaWorld
Bibliography
Banks, Edwin M. and John
Jeff Ricker wrote:
Now my question (inspired by Stephen): what is the difference between
dolphins and porpoises? I know that there is one, but I can't remember.
According to the website maintained by the North Carolina Aquariums at
http://www.aquariums.state.nc.us/ata/porpoise.htm:
"In
Courtesy of FMS Foundation, this alert:
CBS's newsmagazine "48 Hours" will repeat (from last August 5):
Thursday, July 29
10pm EST
The World Beyond
48 Hours explores the world of the paranormal, looking for
proof that the claims are true. Do psychics and regressive
therapists
Dan Willingham had difficulty sending the folowing message to TIPS
Jeff Ricker
Jeff
tried to send this to the list and it got bounced back. . .
Marc Hauser's book "Wild Minds" has a chapter full of interesting cases of
observational learning, including the classic of of some species of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tipsines,
I know I am becoming a Tips abuser. Maybe it's time for a Tips 12 step
program.
Anyway, I am curious. Why is it easier for people to recover from their jet
lag flying east to west (when they suddenly have an unnaturally long day)
then it is west to
I'm in Las Vegas for the Society for Human Resource Management
Conference and I saw the Blue Man Group performance tonight. I
was astounded at how well they demonstrated psychology principles
in their performance -- conformity, selective attention,
obedience to authority, afterimages, flicker
It's the never-ending story...
http://fmsf.net/apa-complaint.shtml
Folks interested,
Here is a relevant reference for observational learning in dogs.
Observational learning of an acquired maternal behavior pattern by working
dog pups: An alternative training method?
by Slabbert,-J.-M.; Rasa,-O.-Anne-E.
in Applied-Animal-Behavior-Science, 1997, 53(4), 309-316.
Unless I am missing something, this is just an old story. It all seems
to be at least 4 years old.
Jim Guinee wrote:
It's the never-ending story...
http://fmsf.net/apa-complaint.shtml
--
_ Rick Stevens __
_ Psychology Department
Ah, but the m e m o r y is real!
At 1:13 PM -0500 6/29/00, Rick Stevens wrote:
Unless I am missing something, this is just an old story. It all seems
to be at least 4 years old.
Jim Guinee wrote:
It's the never-ending story...
http://fmsf.net/apa-complaint.shtml
* PAUL K. BRANDON
If this truly is just an old story, I would be very interested in how it
turned out. This has made me less confident than I was at the beginning of
the day to talk about constructed memories of abuse. Does anyone know how
things turned out?
-Original Message-
From: Rick Stevens
Here's what the FMSF newsletter (Vol 5 No. 4, April 1, 1996) had to
say about the article that can be found at
http://fmsf.net/apa-complaint.shtml.
http://www.fmsfonline.org/fmsf96.330.html
*
MORE SMEAR
by FMSF Staff
The willingness to accept
Stephen Black wrote:
My previous note mentioned rats, so we have at least 8 species on
a growing list. Still wanted: porpoise/dolphin.
Thus prompted, I visited Sea World's website at
http://www.seaworld.org/animal_training/atlearn.html. Here's what they
have to say:
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