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Morgan Skinner¹, Gokulan Nagabaskaran², Tom Gantert³

¹Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave. West, Waterloo, ONT, N2L 3C5, Canada. skin4450@mylaurier.ca.

Animal cognition

|February 22, 2024

概括

东方带蛇在环境中表现出个性的一致性,但在社会和非社会情况下表现出行为可塑性. 他们的勇气根据合作伙伴的勇气进行调整,在社会环境中表现出灵活的决策.

科学领域:

动物行为动物行为
行为生态学行为生态学
神经伦理学神经伦理学

背景情况:

个性特征会影响跨时代和跨环境的一致的行为差异.
行为可塑性对于适应至关重要,但个性可以限制这种灵活性.
了解社会背景如何影响人格表达是行为生态学的关键.

研究的目的:

评估东方带蛇在单独和配对环境中的胆量的一致性和灵活性.
为了调查蛇是否表现出行为可塑性并符合社会伙伴.
探索个人差异,符合性和可塑性在塑造社会行为的相互作用.

主要方法:

东方带蛇 (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) 在一个新的开放场地单独进行了测试.
蛇随后与更大胆或不那么大胆的伴侣配对,根据单人试验确定.
行为反应,特别是大胆,被记录下来,并在单独和配对条件之间进行比较.

主要成果:

蛇在环境 (单独或配对) 中表现出一致的勇气,但在各种环境中改变了行为.
观察到大胆的行为可塑性,受到伴侣大胆的影响.
不那么大胆的蛇表现出更大的顺从,在更大胆的伴侣面前更多地调整他们的行为.

结论:

个性表达不是严格的;认知过程是灵活的,对社会背景敏感.
行为一致性和可塑性都对社会行为有所贡献,允许适应竞争环境.
这种取决于环境的行为可塑性可能对具有季节性群体生活的物种有利.

关键词:

勇气大胆的勇气符合性符合性符合性带蛇是一种带蛇.人格特征个性特征人格特征塑性是一种可塑性.社会性社会性是指社会性.

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