Taylor G T
J Comp Physiol Psychol. 1976 Aug;90(8):740-6. doi: 10.1037/h0077244.
Two experiments examined the relationship between the female's stage of estrus and agonistic behavior among males. Socially subordinate male albino rats were exposed to an inaccessible female and then given equal numbers of free-choice and forced-choice trials to a more aggressive "target" male or to an empty compartment. The submissive males were more aggressive following exposure to an estrous female than following exposure to a diestrous female. Furthermore, the probability of approaching the more aggressive male increased. This heightened level of aggressiveness was accompanied by a comparable increase in hostile behaviors by the dominant target males of Experiment 1. However, in the second experiment the increase in submissive-male aggressiveness was sufficient to reduce the social distance between the submissive subjects and their moderately aggressive target males.
两项实验研究了雌性发情阶段与雄性间攻击行为的关系。社会等级较低的雄性白化大鼠被置于一只无法接触到的雌性大鼠前，然后对一只更具攻击性的“目标”雄性大鼠或一个空隔间进行相同数量的自由选择和强制选择试验。与接触处于间情期的雌性大鼠相比，处于发情期的雌性大鼠接触后，顺从的雄性大鼠更具攻击性。此外，接近更具攻击性雄性大鼠的概率增加。实验1中占主导地位的目标雄性大鼠的敌对行为也有类似增加，这与攻击性增强的水平相伴。然而，在第二个实验中，顺从雄性大鼠攻击性的增加足以缩短顺从受试者与其适度攻击性目标雄性大鼠之间的社会距离。
