| Title |
Social referencing in dog-owner dyads?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Animal Cognition, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10071-011-0443-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
I. Merola, E. Prato-Previde, S. Marshall-Pescini |
| Abstract |
Social referencing is the seeking of information from another individual to form one's own understanding and guide action. In this study, adult dogs were tested in a social referencing paradigm involving their owner and a potentially scary object. Dogs received either a positive or negative message from the owner. The aim was to evaluate the presence of referential looking to the owner, behavioural regulation based on the owner's (vocal and facial) emotional message and observational conditioning following the owner's actions towards the object. Most dogs (83%) looked referentially to the owner after looking at the strange object, thus they appear to seek information about the environment from the human, but little differences were found between dogs in the positive and negative groups as regards behavioural regulation: possible explanations for this are discussed. Finally, a strong effect of observational conditioning was found with dogs in the positive group moving closer to the fan and dogs in the negative group moving away, both mirroring their owner's behaviour. Results are discussed in relation to studies on human-dog communication, attachment and social learning. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Austria | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 191 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 14% |
| Researcher | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 16% |
| Unknown | 40 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 62 | 31% |
| Psychology | 48 | 24% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 17 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 7% |
| Unknown | 51 | 25% |
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