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Imprinting: empirical basis and theoretical significance
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“Such a claim was soon dismissed by American psychologist Howard Moltz, who argued that imprinting develops rather independently of conventional reward, such as food and thus could not be considered a form of conditioning (Moltz, 1960).”
From Back to basics: A re-evaluation of the relevance of imprinting in the genesis of Bowlby’s attachment theory (2022) · cites this paper as Moltz, 1960
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Metadata
- Authors
- Moltz, H.
- Affiliations
- Brooklyn College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Moltz, Howard
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1960-07
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 291-314
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2047505028
- Cited by
- 118
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 26.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Keywords
- imprinting, critical period, animal learning, innate behavior, behavioral development
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Learning
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