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Author | de Waal, F.B. | ||||
Title | Macaque social culture: development and perpetuation of affiliative networks | Type | Journal Article | ||
Year | 1996 | Publication | Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) | Abbreviated Journal | J Comp Psychol |
Volume | 110 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 147-154 |
Keywords | Animals; Dominance-Subordination; Female; Macaca mulatta/*psychology; Male; Maternal Behavior; *Peer Group; Sexual Behavior, Animal; *Social Behavior; Social Distance; *Social Environment | ||||
Abstract | Maternal affiliative relations may be transmitted to offspring, similar to the way in which maternal rank determines offspring rank. The development of 23 captive female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) was followed from the day of birth until adulthood. A multivariate analysis compared relations among age peers with affiliative relations, kinship, and rank distance among mothers. Maternal relations were an excellent predictor of affiliative relations among daughters, explaining up to 64% of the variance. Much of this predictability was due to the effect of kinship. However, after this variable had been controlled, significant predictability persisted. For relations of female subjects with male peers, on the other hand, maternal relations had no significant predictive value beyond the effect of kinship. One possible explanation of these results is that young rhesus females copy maternal social preferences through a process of cultural learning. | ||||
Address | Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. dewaal@rmy.emory.edu | ||||
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Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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ISSN | 0735-7036 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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Notes | PMID:8681528 | Approved | no | ||
Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 204 | ||
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