%0 Journal Article %1 thompson1966oac %A Thompson, Travis %D 1966 %I JSTOR %J American Zoologist %K aggression betta-splendens operant reinforcement respondent %N 4 %P 629--641 %T Operant and classically-conditioned aggressive behavior in Siamese fighting fish %V 6 %X Male Betta splendens were conditioned to emit an operant response sequence reinforced by presentation of a model of another male Betta in aggressive display (Thompson, 1963). The color of the model with respect to the color of the subject co-varied with the rate of operant response (Thompson and Sturm, 1965). In another experiment, unconditioned aggressive display behavior elicited by the mirror image of a male Betta was brought under the control of a previously ineffective stimulus by classical conditioning. Relative rates of acquisition of four components of the display were compared. A discriminative conditioning procedure, using two different colors of light as the CS, revealed that the response was elicited specifically by the CS (Thompson and Sturm, 1966).

@article{thompson1966oac, abstract = {Male Betta splendens were conditioned to emit an operant response sequence reinforced by presentation of a model of another male Betta in aggressive display (Thompson, 1963). The color of the model with respect to the color of the subject co-varied with the rate of operant response (Thompson and Sturm, 1965). In another experiment, unconditioned aggressive display behavior elicited by the mirror image of a male Betta was brought under the control of a previously ineffective stimulus by classical conditioning. Relative rates of acquisition of four components of the display were compared. A discriminative conditioning procedure, using two different colors of light as the CS, revealed that the response was elicited specifically by the CS (Thompson and Sturm, 1966).}, added-at = {2008-03-11T21:37:04.000+0100}, author = {Thompson, Travis}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2beef3e235d4de0f3f2eed5bc88c364f6/toby}, interhash = {3e90d9a158917f62035c9ffffb70e0c1}, intrahash = {beef3e235d4de0f3f2eed5bc88c364f6}, journal = {American Zoologist}, keywords = {aggression betta-splendens operant reinforcement respondent}, number = 4, pages = {629--641}, publisher = {JSTOR}, timestamp = {2008-03-11T21:37:04.000+0100}, title = {{Operant and classically-conditioned aggressive behavior in Siamese fighting fish}}, volume = 6, year = 1966 }