Referential learning of French and Czech labels in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus): different methods yield contrasting results.

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F10%3A10054960" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/10:10054960 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11240/10:10054960

Result on the web

—

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

—

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Referential learning of French and Czech labels in African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus): different methods yield contrasting results.

Original language description

Some African grey parrots are able to produce labels referentially. We taught ten African grey parrots from two laboratories to label items. Training with the Model/Rival method developed by Pepperberg where two humans talk about an object in front of the parrot led to disappointing results. Four different teaching methods were tested with 2 birds: the Model/Rival; Repetition/Association: repeating a label and presenting the item only when the parrot produced the label; Intuitive: the experimenter handled an item and repeated its name; Diffusion: labels were played back daily to parrots. One bird learned 3 labels, one of which was used referentially, with the Repetition/Association and 1 label non-referentially with the Model/Rival. This study demonstrates that different methods can be efficient to teach labels referentially and it suggests that rearing conditions and interindividual variability are important features when assessing learning ability of African grey parrots.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

—

Project

—

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Behavioural Processes

ISSN

0376-6357

e-ISSN

—

Volume of the periodical

85

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

—

UT code for WoS article

000283394100005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

—