My place: overt yowling at 4 am to get up to feed him, and more at around 10 pm when he thinks it's time I should be in bed (even though he doesn't sleep in the bed with me -- he just wants ME to go to bed).
And yeppers about the pitch -- it cannot be ignored... Cats are only partly "domesticated." m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- ________________________________ From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:08 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] annoying cat solicitation purr According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, "Cats are able to control their humans by emitting a high-pitched "solicitation" cry - embedded in a purr - that is so annoying it can't be ignored" (Sept 18) http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/cmvcr/Domestic%20cats.html They go on to note that in busy households where such purring is often overlooked, the cats resort to overt meowing. You betcha. A colleague noted that this will be useful as a great example of negative reinforcement in action. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 e-mail: csta...@uwf.edu<mailto:csta...@uwf.edu> CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
