Group service in macaques (Macaca fuscata), capuchins (Cebus apella) and marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): a comparative approach to identifying proactive prosocial motivations

• Published in: Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) Vol. 127; no. 2; p. 212
• Main Authors: Burkart, Judith Maria, van Schaik, Carel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2013
• Subjects: Animals; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Callithrix; Cebus; Cooperative Behavior; Female; Group Processes; Macaca; Male; Motivation - physiology; Psychological Tests; Social Behavior

Proactive, that is, spontaneous, prosociality reflects a psychological interest in the welfare of others and has been reported in callitrichid monkeys, capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella), and humans, but not in chimpanzees. One explanation for the co-occurrence of proactive prosociality in these specie...