a sex and if it took play when picking toys, which ended up to at the end of the study. This is a AICE PSYC study guide.
Socialization
the process of learning to behave in socially acceptable ways (can be different for each gender and depends on culture)
Play
a behavior happening in childhood, appears to be done for fun rather than a useful purpose. Can be solitary
Model
a representation of a phenomenon
Frequence
number of interactions between monkey and toy
Duration
how long was spent interacting with the toy type
What type of experiment?
Field
Experimental Design?
Independent
what was done to make the experiment more reliable?
Counterbalancing
What was the final size?
11Male and 23Female (34 IN TOTAL)
What was the original monkey size?
135
How many toys were the for plush and wheel?
6 wheel and 7 plush
How many trials?
7
How many minutes per trial?
25 minutes
How many cameras used?
2
What were the steps?
Monkeys started indoor,
placed toys,
put monkeys outside,
finished trial, back inside to take out toys
Who had higher preference?
Male monkeys
Who had no preference?
Female monkeys
Whatv id the calculate at the end of the study?
“Magnitude of preference”
What did they test that could have a impact, but ended up not?
Age, and social hierarchy
Children and monkeys were tested, what were they trying to txest?
If they were similar when picking toys, in which they were
Hasset argues that…
This supports biological explanation for toy preference
What were the cofounding variables?
social rank and age (high reliability byv doing this_