An Analogue of Extraversion as a Determinant of Individual Differences in Behaviour in the Rat
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9620566 |
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| Authors | Elizabeth Weldon (University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 253-259 |
| Publication date | 1967-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1967.tb01082.x |
| PMID | 5626396 |
| OpenAlex | W2046087021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The investigation was concerned with an analogue of extraversion—introversion in rats as precursor to a selective breeding experiment. Forty Maudsley reactive and forty Maudsley non‐reactive rats were tested in both the Mowrer box and in a spatial alternation T‐maze. It is argued that each of these test situations gives a measure of extraversion—introversion through the involvement of reactive inhibition in each case (cf. Eysenck, 1955, 1957). Both measures exhibited strain differences; but comparison of the scores of individual subjects also suggested individual differences that can be attributed to differences in stimulus hunger
Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Personality · Psychology · Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |