Differential responses of chimpanzees to social stimulation.

1 December 1962

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Vol. 55 (6) , 1105-1110
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045249

Abstract

The preferences of young chimpanzees for social stimulation offered by a human were measured in a single-stimulus and a paired-comparison situation. Play was most preferred, followed by petting and being groomed; grooming the human stimulus was least preferred. It is concluded that specific forms of social stimulation may play a part in the development of companionship preferences and thus in the process of social control. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

BY HUMAN
SOCIAL STIMULATION OF
CHIMPANZEE
TO HUMAN STIMULUS
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR/ANIMAL
PAIRED COMPARISON
SOCIAL CONTROL