Performance Correlates of Social Behavior and Organization of Non-Human Primates.
Abstract
The purpose of the project is to identify and investigate performance variables that are correlated with social rank, social behavior, and social organization in monkeys of the genus Macaca. Data obtained from a group of six male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and a group of four male Java monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) support earlier findings of a positive relationship between the magnitude of a frustration ratio obtained from an operant paradigm designed to produce frustration and the social status of the animals. In addition, experimental manipulation of social status is reliably reflected in changes in performance on the operant task. Results of investigations of schedule-induced polydipsia, obtained in conjunction with the frustration testing, are also included.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 15, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA008444
Entities
People
- Bradford N. Bunnell
- Irwin S. Bernstein
- Joseph D. Allen
Organizations
- University of Georgia