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The qualitative assessment of pig behaviour using Repertory Grid Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D. Grajfoner ,
F. Wemelsfelder  and
E. Austin
D. Grajfoner
Affiliation:
The University of Edinburgh, The Department of Psychology, 7 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, U.K.
F. Wemelsfelder
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, Animal Biology Division, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PH, Scotland, U.K.
E. Austin
Affiliation:
The University of Edinburgh, The Department of Psychology, 7 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, U.K.
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Most studies which provide qualitative assessments of animal behaviour use prefixed lists of adjectives (e.g. shy, bold, interested). However,Wemelsfelder et al. (2000, 2001), using Free-Choice-Profiling (FCP) methodology, allowed observers to develop their own descriptors for scoring pigs, and found this method to be highly reliable and repeatable. Repertory grid technique (RGT) is a frequently used method in human psychology and resembles FCP. Recently RTG has also been applied to assess personality in chimpanzees (Dutton et al., 1997). The purpose of the present study was to apply RGT to pigs and to correlate obtained pig scores with those previously obtained through FCP.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 67
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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