AbstractsPsychology

Irrational fears in the dog.

by Ronald. Melzack




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Psychology.
Degree: MS.
Year: 1951
Keywords: Psychology.; Dogs.; Psychology, comparative.
Record ID: 1539112
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118924.pdf


Abstract

The theory of conditioned fear responses proposed by Watson (cited by Young, 29) has been rendered untenable by recent empirical observation. The experience of "uncanniness" has been stressed by English (5) as being an important feature of fear responses where no conditioning was possible. [...]