Acquisition of the Oddity Concept by a Harris Hawk: Form versus Motion

<p>The present study was intended to be an investigation of simple oddity learning by a Harris hawk through the use of stimuli in two conditions: form and motion. The study was to have consisted of a pre-training phase, a training phase, and a testing phase. However, due to the fact that the subject failed to pass the pre-training phase, the study could not be completed. The present paper includes a discussion on concept learning, oddity research, and raptor perception and behavior. The procedures and results of the pre-training phase are described, as well as the procedures that would have been involved in the training and testing phases. Several factors that could have contributed to the subject's failure to pass the pre-training phase of the study are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2004

Author dc:creator

• Morales, Alejandra

Contributors dc:contributor

• John D. Murray
• Daniel G. Webster

• ETD
• Simple oddity learning
• Form stimulus
• Motion stimulus
• Concept learning
• Raptor perception
• Raptor behavior
• Psychiatry and Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/217

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd_legacy-1302