Dogs (Canis familiaris) Evaluate Humans on the Basis of Direct Experiences Only

Marie Nitzschner; Alicia P. Melis; Juliane Kaminski; Michael Tomasello

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046880

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Dogs (Canis familiaris) Evaluate Humans on the Basis of Direct Experiences Only

Marie Nitzschner ,

* E-mail: marie_nitzschner@eva.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Alicia P. Melis,

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Juliane Kaminski,

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Michael Tomasello

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Dogs (Canis familiaris) Evaluate Humans on the Basis of Direct Experiences Only

Marie Nitzschner,
Alicia P. Melis,
Juliane Kaminski,
Michael Tomasello

Published: October 8, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046880

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Failed experiment

Posted by moleman on 16 Oct 2012 at 08:52 GMT

Walking a dog without contact is saying "I am the boss". The watching dog sees the human being as above the dog that is walked in hierarchy. He will evaluate his own hierarchical place directly. This does not hold for other behaviour, as for example agression. So the general conclusion is failed. Example of anthropomorphic view of animal behaviour?

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