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Visual Exploratory Behavior in the Squirrel Monkey

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1968
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The viewing behavior of three adult male squirrel monkeys (Saimiri soiureus) to several visual incentives was studied by a paired-comparison testing technique. The total number of times and total duration of time that Ss viewed each incentive, at each window of a two-window cubicle, were recorrlerl automatically. The total duration of time Ss spent in visual exploration was relatively stable over days, averaging 40 per cent of the total testing time. Ss spent more time (p< .01) viewing another monkey than a toy snake or an empty plexiglass cage. Differences in time spent viewing the latter two incentives were not significant. Habituation to visual incentives (i.e., decrement in mean drration per response) was demonstrated over successive half-hour intervals within days (p < .01), but not over successive days. Differences in rate of habituation between visual incentives were not significant. Differences in rate of extinction following acquisition on each visual incentive were not significant.
Title: Visual Exploratory Behavior in the Squirrel Monkey.
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Name(s): Gammon, William D., author
Michels, Kenneth M., Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 1968
Date Issued: 1968
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 70 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The viewing behavior of three adult male squirrel monkeys (Saimiri soiureus) to several visual incentives was studied by a paired-comparison testing technique. The total number of times and total duration of time that Ss viewed each incentive, at each window of a two-window cubicle, were recorrlerl automatically. The total duration of time Ss spent in visual exploration was relatively stable over days, averaging 40 per cent of the total testing time. Ss spent more time (p< .01) viewing another monkey than a toy snake or an empty plexiglass cage. Differences in time spent viewing the latter two incentives were not significant. Habituation to visual incentives (i.e., decrement in mean drration per response) was demonstrated over successive half-hour intervals within days (p < .01), but not over successive days. Differences in rate of habituation between visual incentives were not significant. Differences in rate of extinction following acquisition on each visual incentive were not significant.
Identifier: FA00000767 (IID)
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1968.
Subject(s): Visual discrimination
Monkeys--Behavior
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