Post-Conflict Affiliative Behaviors Towards Humans in Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris)
| Autor: | Fabricio Carballo, Victoria Dzik, Mariana Bentosela, Camila María Cavalli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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biology
040301 veterinary sciences affiliative behaviors 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science 0403 veterinary science Post conflict Canis reconciliation domestic dogs Consolation Psychology Humanities health care economics and organizations General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Cavalli, Camila; Dzik, Victoria; Carballo, Fabricio; & Bentosela, Mariana. (2016). Post-Conflict Affiliative Behaviors Towards Humans in Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris). International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 29(1). Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5x823238 |
| ISSN: | 2168-3344 0889-3667 |
| DOI: | 10.46867/ijcp.2016.29.00.03 |
| Popis: | Social species need conflict-resolution mechanisms to maintain group cohesion and diminish aggression. Reconciliation (affiliative contact between opponents) and consolation (affiliative contact between the victim and an uninvolved third party) have been postulated for this function in various species. The purpose of this work is to study post-conflict affiliative behaviors toward humans in domestic dogs. This study has looked into post-conflict affiliative behaviors in domestic dogs toward their owners. To this end, a conflict situation was created where the animal was scolded by one of the owners for “stealing” human food. Behaviors were recorded along a period of 3 min and 30 s before and after the scolding. Results show that dogs exhibit affiliative behaviors (significant increase in closeness, gazing, and tail wagging) as well as appeasement behaviors (averting eyes, low tail carriage, lowered ears, lip licking, and crouching) toward the owner that scolded them (reconciliation). In other words, this is the first work that presents reconciliation in dogs in a conflict situation with humans. It discusses the importance of this phenomenon in the dog-human bond. |
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