Stress-Response

Role of multiple factors on response to stress:

• Ex. relationship between dominant and subordinate monkeys

  • in a stable environment (where rank doesn’t change), dominant males have lower resting levels of glucocorticoids than subordinate males; dominant males are less stressed
  • however, in unstable environments, dominant males can have basal levels of glucocorticoids that are as high if not higher than the levels observed in subordinate males; dominant males are stress when they are actively fighting for their social rank
  • in addition to social rank and stability of the environment, low glucocorticoid levels mirrored the personality of the dominant male even bettern than rank and stability of the social environment
  • dominant males with specific personality traits have the lowest basal levels of glucocorticoids than dominant males without these traits

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