SOME EFFECTS OF DELAY OF PUNISHMENT ON RESISTANCE TO TEMPTATION IN DOGS

RELATIVELY LONG DELAYS OF PUNISHMENT DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE EASE WITH WHICH 18 PUREBRED BEAGLES ACQUIRED A DISCRIMINATIVE FOOD TABOO, YET LONG DELAYS PRODUCED MUCH WEAKER RESISTANCE TO TEMPTATION THAN DID SHORT DELAYS. THE PATTERNS OF EMOTIONALITY REFLECTED IN FURTIVENESS, REACTIONS TO VIOLATION OF THE TABOO, REACTIONS TO THE ABSENCE OF E, AND APPROACHES TO THE ALLOWED FOOD DIFFERED GREATLY FOR DIFFERENT DELAYS OF PUNISHMENT. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE FINDINGS FOR HUMAN SOCIALIZATION ARE DISCUSSED. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.