It takes greater force to accelerate an object that has more mass. But the gravitational force between the Earth and an object is greater when the object hass more mass. It works out just right to make any object with any mass accelerate at the same rate.
Answer:

Downward
Explanation:
We are given that
Mass of monkey=12.8 kg
Tension=156 N
We have to find the magnitude of the elevator's minimum acceleration.

Where 
Substitute the values



Hence, the acceleration =
Direction of the elevator's minimum acceleration is downward because the elevator moves downwards.
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