Describing Dog Behavior Psychologically
Pet Owners Versus Non-Owners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2608982 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Fidler (MF and PL: University of Southampton AC: University of Portsmouth), Paul Light (MF and PL: University of Southampton AC: University of Portsmouth), Alan Costall (0000-0002-0969-4673, MF and PL: University of Southampton AC: University of Portsmouth) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 196-200 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthrozoös (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0892-7936 • E-ISSN: 1753-0377 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/089279396787001356 |
| OpenAlex | W2091185116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper is concerned with the interpretation of the behavior of dogs in mentalistic or psychological terms, and questions whether previous experience with pets influences the extent to which such terminology is used. Forty undergraduate psychology students viewed and produced written descriptions of five videotaped episodes showing dogs interacting with their owners. Twenty of the students had had at least two years of experience with a dog or cat as a family pet before the age of eighteen. These participants produced significantly more descriptions of the dogs' behavior in terms of desires, feelings and understanding than did those with little or no experience of pets. Though the videotaped episodes varied in the extent to which they evoked psychological descriptions, and the different types of psychological description varied in frequency, these factors did not interact significantly with previous pet experience. The results are discussed in terms of the influence of living with companion animals on the way in which such animals are perceived and understood
Animal welfare · Animal-assisted therapy · Companion animal · Developmental psychology · Feeling · HUBzero · Interpretation (philosophy · Pet therapy · Psychotherapist · Terminology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.64 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2016 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |