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Multidimensional scaling of macaque social interaction
Author(s) -
Maxim Peter E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350080403
Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , multidimensional scaling , macaque , matrix (chemical analysis) , psychology , scaling , social psychology , rhesus macaque , mathematics , developmental psychology , statistics , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , geometry , chromatography , neuroscience , gene , immunology
Abstract Observations of social behavior in 120 pairs of rhesus macaques were organized into three matrices: male‐male interactions, female‐female interactions, and male‐female interactions. The alternating least‐squares dimensional analysis (ALSCAL‐4) was applied to each matrix to derive one‐, two‐, three‐, and four‐dimensional solutions. For each matrix, the two‐dimensional solution gave the best fit with least stress. The loadings for each category on the two dimensions were then compared with previously derived message statements for those categories and the messages were corrected as needed to conform to these analyses. For all three matrices, the two dimensions underlying social behaviors were dominance or submissiveness by the self, and a positive or negative affiliative relationship bias to the pairmate.