Inter-species Social Learning in DogsThe Inextricable Roles of Phylogeny and Ontogeny

Monique A.R. Udell; Nicole R. Dorey; Clive D.L. Wynne

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195392661.013.0041

Inter-species Social Learning in DogsThe Inextricable Roles of Phylogeny and Ontogeny

Monique A.R. Udell, Nicole R. Dorey, Clive D.L. Wynne

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Research on the responses of dogs to human cues started only relatively recently, with the publication in 1998 of a study in which dogs were tested for their responsiveness to a human pointing at one of two containers. This chapter concentrates on one relatively simple form of behavioral interaction between human and dog: the objectchoice task in which a human points and the dog follows that point to uncover a desirable consequence-usually food. This has proven to be a useful paradigm in which to explore the capacities of dogs, and the origins of those abilities in ontogeny and phylogeny.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199968701
ISBN (Print)	9780195392661
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195392661.013.0041
State	Published - Sep 18 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Associative conditioning
Dogs
Learning
Object choice
Social behavior
Two-stage hypothesis

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Psychology(all)

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