PSYO 2160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Marc Bekoff, Border Collie, Quarterly Review
23 Nov 2017
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Play: (cid:862)pla(cid:455) is a (cid:373)oto(cid:396) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455) pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)ed post(cid:374)atall(cid:455) that appea(cid:396)s to (cid:271)e pu(cid:396)poseless, i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h motor patterns from other contexts may often be used in modified forms and altered temporal sequencing. Could be many benefits but we can not see the benefits right away: benefits may be multiple and confounding, might be hard to pick the benefit of play out from other factors. Hypotheses for function of play: spinka, m. , newberry, r. c. , & bekoff, m. (2001) mammalian play: training for the unexpected. The quarterly review of biology, 76, 141-168: 24 hypotheses, functional consequences, kinematics and structure, social aspects, neuropsychological mechanisms, environmental conditions, ontogenetic distribution, phylogenetic distribution. It is a stimulus is for the chicks: when they hatch and they peck at the spot, elicits a specific response, pecking is a stimulus for the adult to release food, so certain stimuli causes different responses. In play it doesn"t have to be the specific one.
