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Using behaviourally-defined adjectives, observers rated individuals in a colony of rhesus monkeys on a seven-point scale. Principal component analysis of the ratings produced three main components: CI and CII were stable over three years, and CIII arose from the introduction of new items in the third year. Component I can be described as ranging fromConfident toFearful; and adult males scored higher on it than did adult females or one- to five-year olds. Component II ranged fromActive toSlow; and adult males scored higher on it than did adult females. Component III ranged fromSociable toSolitary; and adult males scored less on it than did adult females or one- to five-year olds. In addition, there was a positive correlation between scores of mothers and their one year olds on CI and CIII.
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Stevenson-Hinde, J., Zunz, M. Subjective assessment of individual rhesus monkeys. Primates 19, 473–482 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373309
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