Food reinforcement versus social reinforcement in timber wolf pups

Abstract

Completion times for food-reinforced trials and socially reinforced trials were recorded for problem-solving tasks performed by 4 Eastern timber wolf pups (Canis lupus lycaon) at 6 and at 13 weeks of age. All subjects posted shorter times for socially reinforced trials on both tasks. Results are discussed in terms of species-specific constraints on learning. © 1988, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.