Monkey Toy Preference

Question 1

[Monkey Toy preferences] What was the aim of the psychology being investigated?

Answer 1

Sex differences
Socialization
Play
role of hormones

Question 2

[Monkey Toy preferences] Research Method

Answer 2

Field experiment, Observation, Correlation,
comparison.

Question 3

[Monkey Toy preferences] Experimental Design?

Answer 3

Independent measures design

Question 4

[Monkey Toy preferences] Aim?

Answer 4

Whether toy preference in monkeys is similar to that in children to identify whether their are sex difference in sex determined biologically.

Question 5

[Monkey Toy preferences] IV?

Answer 5

Gender

Question 6

[Monkey Toy preferences] DV?

Answer 6

Activities with the toys.

Question 7

[Monkey Toy preferences] Sample?

Answer 7

21 Male and 61 Female
11 Male and 23 Female

Question 8

[Monkey Toy preferences] Types of toys?

Answer 8

Wheeled toys and plush toys.

Question 9

[Monkey Toy preferences] Wheeled Toys

Answer 9

Wagon
Truck
Car
Shopping cart
construction vehicle
dump truck

Question 10

[Monkey Toy preferences] Plush Toys?

Answer 10

Raggedy Ann
Winnie-the-pooh
Koala-hand puppet
Armadillo
Teddy bear
Scooby-doo
turtle

Question 11

[Monkey Toy preferences] Results.

Answer 11

o Within sex: Male monkeys preferred wheeled toys but female monkeys did not have a preference.
o For the males rank had no effect.
o the higher up in the rank the female monkeys were the more they preferred plush toys.
o Comparisons with the previous study showed that, there were gender differences between both children and monkeys, especially for males.

Question 12

[Monkey Toy preferences] Controls

Answer 12

o 14 Monkeys were not chosen as they had received hormonal treatment
o 39 Monkeys were not included because they could not be reliably identified.
o o 7, 25 minutes trials for each social group
o A plush and a wheel toy 10m apart with a camera facing towards each.
o After each trial toys removed and the video tape observed by 2 observers
o Monkeys with fewer than 5 recorded behaviour were not included in the analysis