Connectedness within a captive group of rhesus macaques

dc.contributor.author	MacGilchrist, John	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-14T22:33:24Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-14T22:33:24Z
dc.date.copyright	1974	en_US
dc.date.issued	1974
dc.degree.department	Department of Anthropology	en_US
dc.degree.level	Master of Arts M.A.	en
dc.description.abstract	The model of centripetal societies postulated by Chance and Jolly was tested using a captive troop of rhesus macaques. The group was observed for a three-month period in the summer of 1973. Social interaction and spatial distribution data were collected in order to test the following hypotheses: 1.a. there is a single focus of attention 1.b. there are two foci of attention: one associative and one agonistic 2. the dominant animal, due to its status as agonistic focus of attention, maintains group cohesion. While both an agonistic and associative focus of attention were found, these were not related to spatial centrality. The second hypothesis was rejected, and it was suggested that both agonistic and associative behaviors are important to group cohesiveness. Implications of these findings are discussed.
dc.format.extent	70 pages
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1828/18796
dc.rights	Available to the World Wide Web	en_US
dc.title	Connectedness within a captive group of rhesus macaques	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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