Acta Psychologica Sinica


Volume 24 No 1, pp. 66-72 (1992)

DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP OF INFANT GOLDEN MONKEYS IN BREEDING GROUP: A CASE STUDY

SU Yanjie, REN Renmei, QI Hanjun, LIANG Bing, BAO Wenyong

Abstract

The development of behavior and social relationship of two infant golden monkeys in two breeding cages respectively were recorded 22 months continualIy with instantaneous sampling method. The results show: (1) Ther weanet at 19-20 months of age; (2) Aunt behaviors, which include snatching, protecting and caring, are conspicuous among group females; (3) The relationship between father and infant is affiliated and tolerant; (4) Before weaning, infants were the subjeets which all the group members protected, then, after they began to enter into thesocial relationship net of the group, they gradually were slightly blamed by the group members. In addition,the occurrence of some social behavior patterns was noticed.
Keywords: Rhinopithecus Roxellanae; Infant; Social Relationship; Individual Development; Case Studies

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