Animal behavior : the mechanism of imprinting

Duration: 14 min

Genre: Educational | Nature

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Coronet Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 26Jan78 · PA 1-234 (Jan-Jun 1978) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Media (a division of Esquire, Inc.)

Description: Defines imprinting as the formation of a social attachment to an object and documents the phenomenon by observing experiments with newly hatched ducks. Presents the ducklings with a variety of moving objects in order to determine the influence of Color and sound on the imprinting process. Illustrates the critical period in which imprinting must occur in order to be effective and tests the longevity of the impressions. Comments on the role Konrad Lorenz played in the scientific study of this process.

Complete Record: , Defines imprinting as the formation of a social attachment to an object and documents the phenomenon by observing experiments with newly hatched ducks. Presents the ducklings with a variety of moving objects in order to determine the influence of color and sound on the imprinting process. Illustrates the critical period in which imprinting must occur in order to be effective and tests the longevity of the impressions. Comments on the role Konrad Lorenz played in the scientific study of this process.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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