This film is a demonstration of how social situations pattern behavior in rats. The film shows a competitive food-obtaining situation in which rats develop sharing or altruistic behavior. It also shows a situation in which competitive behavior becomes increasingly severe instead of developing into sharing. Displaced aggression, hoarding, and other socially significant behavior are shown.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Extent:
012 min.
Color:
Black and white
Sound:
Silent
Provenance:
Received: 1980 as a donation from the Psychological Cinema Register of the Pennsylvania State University.
