The contexts of social learning in wild vervet monkeys

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dc.contributor.authorNord, Christina Marie
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBarrett, Louise
dc.contributor.supervisorHenzi, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-27T16:10:40Z
dc.date.available2021-10-27T16:10:40Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.degree.levelPh.Den_US
dc.description.abstractUsing both observational and experimental methods, I explored the conditions under which wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) learned from one another during 12 months of field study. I paid particular attention to the contextual nature of social learning, applying a behavior analytic approach that focused on behavior—the relationship between organism and environment—rather than on individual attributes, in order to understand which behavioral transmission pathways were available to the vervets, as well as how social dynamics and individual differences influenced learning. Overall, my findings demonstrate that by taking a behavior analytic approach, we can expand the unit of analysis for cognition beyond individual animals to one that situates the organism within its environment. Doing so allows us to realize that cognition can be distributed across the environment to include not only the behavior of individual animals, but also their interactions with one another and their environments.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6080
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0384en_US
dc.proquest.subject0472en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectsocial learningen_US
dc.subjectanimal behavioren_US
dc.subjectbehavior analysisen_US
dc.subjectSocial learningen_US
dc.subjectAnimal behavioren_US
dc.subjectBehavior analysisen_US
dc.subjectCercopithecus aethiops -- Behavior -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectCercopithecus aethiops -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectSocial behavior in animalsen_US
dc.subjectAnimal societiesen_US
dc.subjectLearning in animalsen_US
dc.subjectLearning, Psychology ofen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleThe contexts of social learning in wild vervet monkeysen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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