Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2005 - Volume 28, Issue 03  


open peer commentary

a nonhuman primate perspective on affiliation

tamara a. r. weinstein a1 and john p. capitanio a1
a1 california national primate research center, university of california, davis, ca 95616 tweinstein@ucdavis.edu jpcapitanio@ucdavis.edu

Abstract

primate research suggests that affiliation is a highly complex construct. studies of primate affiliation demonstrate the need to distinguish between various affiliative behaviors, consider relationships as emergent properties of these behaviors, define affiliation in the context of general environmental responsiveness, and address developmental changes in affiliation across the lifespan.