Sharing and Cooperation in Pigeons Masters Thesis Table Of Contents History Title Page List of Figures, Tables Introduction Purpose, Method Results and Discussion General Discussion References Abstract

Table of Contents

1. History
2. Title Page
3. Acknowledgements
4. List of Figures
5. List of Tables
6. Introduction
7. Purpose of the Study
8. Method
   1. Subjects
   2. Apparatus
   3. Procedure
      1. Preliminary Training
         1. Keypeck training.
         2. Training of color matching (leader responding).
         3. Response role alternation.
         4. Matching-accuracy manipulations.
         5. Test of social control of inter-animal matching-to-sample.
      2. "Free" Distribution of Response Roles
         1. Basic procedure on each trial.
         2. Distribution interval.
         3. Matching interval, leader responding.
         4. Matching interval, follower responding.
         5. Food/ITI.
9. Results and Discussion
   1. Preliminary Training
      1. Color-matching (leader role responding) training.
      2. Social-matching(follower role responding) training.
      3. Role-alternation training.
      4. Test of social control of follower match-responding.
   2. "Free" Distribution of Response Roles
      1. Take-response rate.
      2. Take-response latency.
      3. Percentage of trials with competitive take responding.
      4. Distribution of reinforcements between subjects.
      5. Leader and follower response accuracy.
10. General Discussion
11. References
12. Abstract
13. Vita
14. Signature Page