Animal studies of attachment

Question 1

Define imprinting

Answer 1

When bird species that are movile from birth attach to and follow the first moving object they see

Question 2

Lorenz procedure

Answer 2

Randomly divided clutch of goose eggs into two groups:
Control group - Hatched in natural environment with mother
Experimental group - Hatched in incubator with Lorenz as first thing they saw

Question 3

Lorenz findings

Answer 3

Control group followed mother everywhere
Experimental group followed Lorenz everywhere
Even when chicks were mixed up the control group still followed their mother and the experimental group still followed Lorenz

Question 4

What is a critical period?

Answer 4

Length of time imprinting must take place, if it is to happen at all. Varies between species n