Word: maslow
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Monkey Dominance. Because the University of Wisconsin's A. H. Maslow was curious about dominance in primates, 15 pairs of monkeys, each pair of the same sex, were introduced to each other for the first time. In every case one of the two took instant command of the situation, reduced the other to submission. The bully got 97% of the food, started all but a negligible percentage of the fights, never cowered, seldom retreated. To this treatment the browbeaten monkey responded by passivity, cringing, flight, or female sex behavior, regardless of the sex of the pair...