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Forty-four juvenile rhesus, 30 stumptailed, and 6 pigtailed monkeys were tested individually and in stable quadrads for time to contact slightly and highly novel objects. When peer-group tested, dominant monkeys were the first to contact the slightly novel but not the highly novel objects, unlike preferences found when they were tested individually. A role analysis revealed better contact-order prediction, most groups having their habitual first contactor. When this contactor was overtly punished or covertly trained to avoid the object, group response was altered. The use of the termrole is discussed in detail, concluding that a role involves a particular individual who is expected to interact with others while in certain groups to complete some beneficial function.
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This work was partially supported by U.S. Public Health Service grant FR-00167 and National Institute of Health grant MH-11894 to the University of Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychology Primate Laboratory, respectively, where the part of this research using rhesus monkeys was carried out. The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the late H. F. Harlow and R. DeLizio, and to thank P. J. Baldwin, V. J. Nash, C. J. Henty, and J. R. Anderson for critical evaluation of the manuscript.
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Chamove, A.S. Role or dominance in macaque response to novel objects. Motiv Emot 7, 213–228 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00992904
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