Flight and defense behavior in cats.
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 58 (2), 180-186
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0043816
Abstract
In previous work flight and defense responses have been described following stimulation of 2 separate zones within the amygdaloid complex in cats. In the present experiment the same responses were identified in the behavior of intact cats. Nine response categories used in stimulation experiment were scored for occurrence/nonoccurrence during 4 consecutive provocations of in-creasing severity. 15 feral cats (9 "wild" and 6 "moderately wild") and 9 tame housecats were observed. The resulting scores remain fairly constant for each S for weeks and months. The scores distinguish between "tame," "moderately wild," and "wild" Ss. Feral cats tend to show either flight or defense in the test situation (negative correlation, p<.05).Keywords
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