PS261 Study Guide - Final Guide: Episodic Memory, Biological Specificity, Weaning
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1 ind. serves as releasing stimulus for unlearned behaviour of others. Social facilitation- the presence of an individual has a motivational effect on another. Local enhancement- social cues draw attention to a locale associated with reinforcement. Stimulus enhancement- similar to le but attention is drawn to specific objects in environment. Imprinting- follow/form attachment to first moving object seen. Observational conditioning (emulation)- conditioned association between a stimulus and a reinforce. Imitation- the copying of a novel of otherwise improbable act or utterance, or some act for which there is clearly no instinctive tendency. *rats use social information throughout their lifetimes to make locally adaptive food selections. Prior to birth pups show preferences for flavours mother ingested when pregnant. During nursing pups show preferences for flavours mother ingests when nursing. At weaning pups follow mother to food sites and eat from those sites.
