Mentor/s
Dr. Dawn Melzer & Dr. Deirdre Yeater
Participation Type
Poster
Abstract
Infants have demonstrated object permanence understanding during violation of expectation tasks. During these tasks, infants are shown expected (e.g., ball stops at wall) or unexpected events (e.g., ball rolling through a solid wall). Infants look longer at the unexpected event versus the expected tasks (Stahl et al., 2015). Studies have shown that dogs also looked longer at an unexpected events during object permanence tasks (Pattison et al., 2010). In the current study, dogs were presented with a violation of expectation task commonly used with infants to investigate their object permanence abilities. It was hypothesized that dogs participating in the experiment would look longer at an unexpected event than an expected one.
College and Major available
Psychology BS, Health Science
Location
Digital Commons & West Campus West Building
Start Day/Time
4-29-2022 1:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-29-2022 4:00 PM
Prize Categories
Best Multidisciplinary Research or Collaboration, Most Scholarly Impact or Potential, Most Creative
Poster
Investigating Canine Cognition Using an Infant Violation of Expectation Task
Digital Commons & West Campus West Building
Infants have demonstrated object permanence understanding during violation of expectation tasks. During these tasks, infants are shown expected (e.g., ball stops at wall) or unexpected events (e.g., ball rolling through a solid wall). Infants look longer at the unexpected event versus the expected tasks (Stahl et al., 2015). Studies have shown that dogs also looked longer at an unexpected events during object permanence tasks (Pattison et al., 2010). In the current study, dogs were presented with a violation of expectation task commonly used with infants to investigate their object permanence abilities. It was hypothesized that dogs participating in the experiment would look longer at an unexpected event than an expected one.
Students' Information
Larissa Brito, Psychology Major, Honors Student, Class of 2022
Sydney Duval, Psychology and Communications Major, Class of 2022
Angelina Failla, Psychology Major, Honors Student, Class of 2022
Nicole Gregory, Psychology Major, Class of 2022
Kendall Holland, Health Science: Public Health Major, Class of 2024
Hailey King, Psychology Major, Class of 2022
Lauren Maiolo, Psychology Major, Class of 2023
Jordan Manning, Psychology Major, Class of 2022
Elizabeth Potter, Psychology Major, Class of 2022
Erin Sheehan, Psychology Major, Class of 2023
Honorable mention, Most Creative 2022 award.