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Show Animal Dictators DictatorsBully DictatorsBully Bully Associates AssociatesSame AssociatesSame Same as Humans means Do DoStudy o oStudy Studyof Study of11onkeys of \ Monkeys 1\1onkeys 1 1onkeys Shows ShowsHow ShowsHow How Leaders DominateN Dominate DOlnil1ate ON IN N A laboratory cage , t\\O t O tOmonkeys tit h\omonkeys h omonkeys \ \ o omonkeys monkeys quarrel One of ofthem ofthem ofthem them assumes command . . That Thatanimal Thatanimal Thatanimal animal is boss 'I I ' The he other must mustdance mustdance mustdance dance to the tune time he callsVh calls . \Vh Vh Why \ Why ) docs does the one become ty- ty tyrant tyrant ty tyrant - - rant and the other slave ? This Thisis ThisIs is a problem that a u ps psychologist c.holorlst cholorlst : . ; b'l bl hasset his has hiset ' cet set ; ? et out to soh solve e It Is IcJ : one havln havin havingmany ; , many Implications for man In a a"orld aworld aworld "orld orld world " of dictators , political bos bosses bossesoffice bossesolUce ! ' = es esomce omce office tyrants and the myriad peU petti pettiand pettyand , and glorified rulers of other mpn's mpns min's mins mpn'sIh'ec min'slives mpn'slives mpnslives ' Ih'ec Ihec lives ' ; . Why Is it that a man may be sub sub- subdued subdued - . dued and helpless in his home , , but butbecome butbecome butbecome become a n tyrannical slave drl\'er drl 'er er driver drl'er"hen driverwhen driverwhen \ " ' "hen hen when " he reaches his office des1 desk deskThis . ? This is one of ot the universal unlvers\l unlvers l ' \ human humanproblems humanproblems humanproblems problems on which light I Is ' ) thrown thrownby thrownby thrownby by the tIle study of ot monkeys now be beIng beIng beIng Ing conducted at Teachers ' colle college collegeColumbia e , Columbia university , by Dr . A . II H U.Maslow UMaslow . M'1slow M1slow Maslow ' . Numbers Are Arc Important . The fcize blze size of the group Is . very .ery ery Im- Im Important important Im Important - - portant In bringing out buU bullying Ing be- be behavior behavior be behavior - havior , , Doctor Maslow lias hils has found foundWhen foundWhen foundWhen When three Individuals Indl\'lduals Indl 'lduals lduals \ " ' are plaC'd plaCd played plaC'dtogether playedtogether placedtogether ' ( ' together , the situation Is entirely entirelydifferent entirelydifferent entirelydifferent different from what It L to La where wherethere , wherethere . here herethere there are but two or where there thereal thereaie thereaie al aie e four . fourlien " \ When "hen hen \lien lien % Doctor Maslow's Maslows ' anlm'11s anlm11s animals animalssere animalswere ' \ sere ere paired , two by h\ h tit two h0 \ 0 o , It soon be became became became came evident " which "hlch hlch were the tbe mOlt most mOltdominant mostdominant mostdominant ' : dominant monke monkeys s In each conceiv conceiv- conceivable conceivable conceivable - - able combination of t tit two " 0 o Then he heIntroduced heintroduced heIntroduced Introduced the third animal and the thepicture thepicture thepicture picture changed ch'lnged chlnged ' Perhaps the new new- newCOPIer newcoiner newcomer - comer COPIer coiner was more dominant than thaneither thaneither thaneither either of the pair p'1lr p1lr ' already In the thecage thecage thecage cage and became over lord . But But"ould Butwould Butwould "ould ould would " the other two be le'lgued lelgued leagued le'lgueda leaguedagainst leaguedagainst ' a against alnst their common foe ? No , In Indeed . deedStrong deedStrong deed deedStrong Strong Oppress WeakAlways WeakAlways Weak WeakAlways Always , , among the rhesus mon monke monkeys monkevs ke keys s , , the strong are joined together togetheragainst togetheragainst togetheragainst against the " weak "eak eak , , Doctor Masl\\ Masl Maslow Maslfound Maslowfound Maslowfound , ) \ \ found Here Is a morsel of fact for forthe forthe forthe the study studv of those Interested In l1u- l1u hu- hu l1uman human hu human - - man conflicts Kathryn , a phyful playful playfulactive , , acth actiie e monkey \ who iiho \ ho apparently h'ld hld had h'ld"lthln hadwithin hidwithin ' "lthln lthln within " her the stuft stuff that rulers are aremade aremade aremade made of , but " who "bo bo iiho , because of her hersmall hersmall hersmall small size , , " was "as as always alwrns alwais oppressed oppressedby by any other single animal with withw withwhom w \ 110m horn she might be pi pl iced , , turned turnedthis turnedthis turnedthis this bit of monkey mon1.ey mon1ey . psychology to togood togood togood good iccount 1ccount account accountIn 1ccountIn ' iccountIn In the larger group gTOUP , she " who ho ha had hadalways hadalways alwa always s had to take all the abuse abusesuddenly , su suddenly 'nl nl ( ' tuined tuwed twined on "lIite lIite "lIite1th 1S " hitev hitey \ with \\1th 1th iiith \ e ee eetrenie ettreme treme trenie ilciousnc&s ilciousncs iiciousness , IClOusne & s ' Ihe 1he The others othersjoine(1 othersjoined othersjoined joine(1 joine1 joined ( her In tlie the fight , and poor"hlte poorWhitey poor poorMiltev Miltev "hlte hlte Whitey " " was "as as iias bitten , , beats beatpn n , , ' ind 'lnd lnd and gen generall gen generally generallv erall erally abused until he had to be re remo remoied removed mo moied , ed from tlie the cage to give S'1f'e S1fe save ' ' hb his hb.er hisvery hl&very hlvery & .er er very . life |