Behavioral Consistency in a Changed Social Context in Carolina Chickadees

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ID10121673
AuthorsEllen Harvey (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author), Ellen M Harvey, Todd M Freeberg (0000-0003-3807-4147, University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Year2007
Volume134
Issue2
Pages229-245
Publication date2007-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3200/genp.134.2.229-246
PMID17503697
OpenAlexW2169182969
LanguageEN
References cited14

Stable personality-like influences on behavior have been documented in nonhuman animals (S. D. Gosling, 2001), but little is known about such influences within explicitly social contexts. The authors tested whether individuals of a socially complex avian species, Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis), show consistent behavioral profiles when their social context changes. Consistency was tested using 7 groups of chickadees, each group comprising 2 female-male pairs. The 2 pairs from each group were isolated from one another until the male birds were switched between the pairs. The authors made several measures before and after the male switch, including measures of affiliative and agonistic behavior, self-maintenance behavior, and vocalizations. The authors observed strong behavioral consistency despite the major change in social context, suggesting that personality can influence this fundamental social relationship

Aggression · Agonistic behaviour · Biology · Consistency (knowledge bases · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Personality · Social environment · Social relation · Sociology · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Plant and animal studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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