Hormonal Modifications of Social Behavior: I. The Effect of Sex‐Hormone Administration on the Social Status of a Male‐Castrate Chimpanzee
Hormonal Modifications of Social Behavior: I. The Effect of Sex‐Hormone Administration on the Social Status of a Male‐Castrate Chimpanzee
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社会行为的激素改变：I. 性激素管理对雄性阉割黑猩猩社会地位的影响
作者：
G. Clark;H. Birch
&NA;在食物竞争的情况下，研究了雄性和雌性性激素给药对雄性去势动物优势地位的影响。与去势动物配对的动物是一只体型和年龄与给药受试者大致相同的完整雄性动物。结果表明：（1）雄激素治疗可增强去势动物的优势地位。(2)由于雌性激素的作用，阉割动物处于从属地位。(3)动物获得了良好的社会反应习惯，并且在停止激素给药后倾向于持续存在。(4)通过适当的激素治疗，可以改变并最终逆转持续的反应习惯。这些结果与社会支配的一般问题相联系进行了讨论;并考虑了关于性激素对黑猩猩社会相互作用的影响机制的性质的几种假设。
&NA; The effects of male and female sex‐hormone administration on the dominance status of a male‐castrate were studied in a food‐competition situation. The animal with which the castrate was paired was an intact male of approximately the same size and age as the treated subject. The results showed: (1) That the dominance status of the castrate was enhanced by male sex‐hormone therapy. (2) That the castrate assumed subordinate status as a result of the administration of female sexhormone. (3) That well‐established habits of social response were acquired by the animals, and tended to persist after cessation of hormone administration. (4) That the persistent habits of response could be modified and eventually reversed by appropriate hormone treatment. The results were discussed in connection with the general problem of social dominance; and several hypotheses as to the nature of the mechanism underlying the effects of sex‐hormones on the social interactions of the chimpanzee were considered.