Mother-infant interactions in western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): spatial relationships, communication, and opportunities for social learning.
Mother-infant interactions in western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): spatial relationships, communication, and opportunities for social learning.
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西部低地大猩猩（大猩猩）的母婴互动：空间关系、交流和社会学习机会。
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10.1037/0735-7036.116.3.219
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2002
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Megna,NancyL
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作者：
Maestripieri,Dario;Ross,StephenK;Megna,NancyL
本研究调查了低地大猩猩（大猩猩）的母婴互动，特别关注母亲和婴儿在创造可能有利于婴儿社会学习的情境中的相对角色。在12个月的时间里，我们每周对11只大猩猩母子进行1小时的局部观察。空间关系受年龄和环境温度的影响。尽管母亲鼓励最小的婴儿走路和爬，但在其他情况下，母亲很少或根本没有鼓励。相比之下，婴儿对母亲的活动非常感兴趣，在某些情况下会重复母亲的行为，并积极鼓励母亲分享食物，玩耍或跟随他们。这些发现表明，大猩猩婴儿在创造可能有利于获取知识或技能的环境方面比它们的母亲更活跃。
This study investigated mother-infant interactions in lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) with particular focus on the relative role of mothers and infants in creating situations that are potentially conducive to infant social learning. Eleven gorilla mother-infant dyads were focally observed in weekly 1-hr sessions for 12 months. Spatial relationships were affected by age as well as by ambient temperature. Although the youngest infant was encouraged by its mother to walk and climb, mothers showed little or no encouragement in other contexts. In contrast, infants were quite interested in their mothers' activities, on some occasions repeated their mother's behavior, and actively encouraged their mothers to share food, play, or follow them. These findings suggest that gorilla infants are more active than their mothers in creating situations that are potentially conducive to the acquisition of knowledge or skills.