Individual differences in wild (WWCPS) rat — manifested in the exploration box

• Authors: Wojciech Pisula
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Thirty nine WWCPS rats were tested in the exploration box throughout fifteen sessions. Factor analysis was run to extract the main dimensions describing rat behavior. Two factors were extracted, confirming the validity of the concept of two dimensional structure of individual differences in rats. Hierarchical cluster analysis run on factor scores showed that only three out of a possible four types of factor combinations are actually present within observed group of animals. In terms of individual differences structure, the study provide support for the view that laboratory rats are still rats.

Keywords

EN

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; PERSONALITY; RAT; TEMPERAMENT

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 31-35
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Wojciech Pisula

• Wojciech Pisula, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Chodakowska 19/31,03-815 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA091224

DOI

10.2478/s10059-010-0004-4