title: [Conditioning of the avoidance to the contact call in the red face lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis, Aves, Psittacidae)].
abstract: Two experiments were run on 10 lovebirds to test the reinforcing effect of the social call in an operant conditioning task. In the first experiment, the reinforced behavior (perching) which provoked the occurence of the call decreased. In the second experiment, where the same behavior stopped the continuous emission of the call, the behavior increased. This behavior may results from an avoidance to the call recorded from a lovebird which do not belong to the group of our experimental birds.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011563:Psittaciformes; D012919:Social Behavior; D014828:Vocalization, Animal
vernacular_title: Conditionnement d'évitement du cri de contact chez l'inséparable à face rose (Agapornis roseicollis, Aves, Psittacidae)