The effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white rat

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dc.contributor.advisorDu Preez, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPace, Anthony Michaelen_ZA
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dc.date.issued1977en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaf 123-133.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractClarke (1968) hypothesised that the duration of the effect of early experience on behaviour would depend partly upon the potency and length of the experience and partly on age at application of this experience, but particularly on the amount and duration of subsequent reinforcement of the experience. He argued that later enrichment could reduce the effects of early sensory deprivation on the behaviour of the animal. This thesis investigates whether animals show equal effects of enrichment after longer periods of deprivation. or whether the effects of deprivation are irreversible. The thesis also investigates whether a critical period for enrichment is in operation in the juvenile phase of a rat's life. Results indicate that no critical period is in operation, and that animals show equal effects-of enrichment irrespective of the age at which they are enriched and irrespective of longer periods of deprivation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPace, A. M. (1977). <i>The effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white rat</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13852en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPace, Anthony Michael. <i>"The effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white rat."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1977. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13852en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPace, A. 1977. The effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white rat. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Pace, Anthony Michael AB - Clarke (1968) hypothesised that the duration of the effect of early experience on behaviour would depend partly upon the potency and length of the experience and partly on age at application of this experience, but particularly on the amount and duration of subsequent reinforcement of the experience. He argued that later enrichment could reduce the effects of early sensory deprivation on the behaviour of the animal. This thesis investigates whether animals show equal effects of enrichment after longer periods of deprivation. or whether the effects of deprivation are irreversible. The thesis also investigates whether a critical period for enrichment is in operation in the juvenile phase of a rat's life. Results indicate that no critical period is in operation, and that animals show equal effects-of enrichment irrespective of the age at which they are enriched and irrespective of longer periods of deprivation. DA - 1977 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1977 T1 - The effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white rat TI - The effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white rat UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13852 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPace AM. The effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white rat. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1977 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13852en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe effect of age at which enrichment is commenced on the test performance of the white raten_ZA
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