A-not-B error

Britta Osthaus

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1096-1

A-not-B error

Britta Osthaus

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Abstract

The A-not-B reaching error has been shown to exist in most non-human species tested so far. There are a few exceptions: apes (apart from orang-utans), puppies, kittens, wolves and goats. It must be taken into account that, although there is growing number of studies investigating object permanence in a wide range of species, most of them do not use specific tests to investigate the A-not-B error. In addition the methodologies vary immensely between studies. Although many studies use the basic set of tests by Uzgiris and Hunt (1989) that explore successive visible displacements, the precise set-up varies between studies and makes comparisons near impossible. It is therefore difficult to compare species with regards to the A-not-B error until a standard test with a defined number of repetitions and movements between targets is implemented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior
Editors	Jennifer Vonk, Todd Shackelford
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319478296
ISBN (Print)	9783319550640
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1096-1
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2017

Keywords

Visible displacement
Object permanence
Perseveration
Perseverative error
Stage IV error

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