Silent c 1938 O H Mowrer Yale University 1938. Part 1 shows a competitive situation (involving food) in which rats develop a striking form of sharing, or "altruistic" behavior. Part II shows another type of situation in which competitive behavior becomes increasingly severe instead of developing into sharing. Displaced aggression, hoarding, and other socially significant phenomena are shown. The film is intended as a pedagogical device for exemplifying how social situations pattern behavior. PCR-24
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