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Two experiments were designed to indicate interaction between groups of laboratory rats in a social learning task. First, groups of “worker” and “nonworker” animals were compared with their original performances in the groups in which these “roles” had become established. Second, the performances of “worker” rats were compared in two series of test trials given in “parallel” sessions and in which the rats were members of different groups. Individual performances were found to be influenced by specific membership.
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Oldfield-Box, H. The influence of specific group membership upon individual performance in a “social problem” for rats. Psychon Sci 14, 39–40 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336415
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