Social conditioning and dominance in male Betta splendens Export

@article{RefWorks:110, abstract = {Investigated whether social conditioning modifies relative dominance in the Siamese fighting fish by matching individual fish for gill cover erection frequency (GCEF) to a mirror. One member of each pair experienced a series of 4 winning encounters (dominants), while the other of the pair experienced 4 losing encounters (subordinates). After the fighting experience, matched pairs were placed together and aggressive responses of both Ss were recorded. Results show that Ss experiencing wins displayed significantly more and were more aggressive than Ss experiencing losses; losing Ss showed significantly higher levels of avoidance. However, no change in mirror GCEF occurred as a result of differential experience. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)}, author = {Wallen, Kurt and Christine, C. I. W.}, citeulike-article-id = {163422}, comment = {Was GCE increase an example of positive reinforcement? Why no generalization to mirror?}, journal = {Behavioural Processes Aug 1985; Vol.11 (2): 181 188}, keywords = {betta\_splendens, conspecific, dominance, gce, mirror, reinforcement}, posted-at = {2005-04-18 05:30:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Social conditioning and dominance in male Betta splendens} }

TY - JOUR ID - RefWorks:110 L3 - citeulike-article-id:163422 N2 - Investigated whether social conditioning modifies relative dominance in the Siamese fighting fish by matching individual fish for gill cover erection frequency (GCEF) to a mirror. One member of each pair experienced a series of 4 winning encounters (dominants), while the other of the pair experienced 4 losing encounters (subordinates). After the fighting experience, matched pairs were placed together and aggressive responses of both Ss were recorded. Results show that Ss experiencing wins displayed significantly more and were more aggressive than Ss experiencing losses; losing Ss showed significantly higher levels of avoidance. However, no change in mirror GCEF occurred as a result of differential experience. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) JF - Behavioural Processes Aug 1985; Vol.11 (2): 181 188 TI - Social conditioning and dominance in male Betta splendens KW - betta_splendens KW - conspecific KW - dominance KW - gce KW - mirror KW - reinforcement N1 - Was GCE increase an example of positive reinforcement? Why no generalization to mirror? AU - Wallen, Kurt AU - Christine, CIW ER -