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Flashcards by Ellie Potellie, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ellie Potellie
about 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What Behaviours Do Social Animals Adapt Into Group Living? | •Social Hierarchy •Co-operative Hunting •Social Defence |
| What Is Social Hierarchy? | The rank order with a group of animals consisting of a Dominant and sub-ordinate members |
| What Behaviours Do Dominants & Sub-ordinates Carry Out? | •Dominant individual carries out ritualistic behaviours (threat) •Sub-ordinate individuals carry our appeasement behaviour |
| What Are The Benefits Of Social Hierarchy? | S.H increases the chances of the dominant animals favourable genes being passed on to the offspring |
| Why Is Co-operative Hunting Efficient & Beneficial? | More food is gain than foraging alone. Less energy used per individual therefore increasing the chance of success |
| What Are The Benefits Of Social Defence? | Increases the chances of survival as some individuals watch for predators whilst others forage |
| What Is Altruism? | Altruistic behaviour damages the donor but benefits the recipient |
| Where Do Altruistic Behaviour Occur? | It is most common between related individuals (Kin) |
| How Does The Donor Benefit From Kin Selection? | The donor benefits in kin selection in terms of the increased chances of survival of shared genes in the recipients offspring or future offspring |
| What Is Reciprocal Altruism? | Reciprocal Altruism occurs in some social animals, this is where the favour is returned by the recipient to the donor. |
| What Are Examples Of Social Insects? | •Ants •Bees •Wasps •Termites |
| What Is The Social Insect Hierarchy Structure? | •Only Queens and drones contribute re productively •All other members are sterile and are workers that work co-cooperatively to raise relatives |
| Give Examples Of Primates | •Human •Gorillas •Chimps |
| How Do Primates Learn Social Behaviours? | Primates have long periods of parental care to allow learning of complex social behaviours |
| How Do Primates Support Social Hierarchy? | Complex social behaviours support social hierarchy. This reduces conflict through ritualistic behaviour displays & appeasement behaviour |
| What Are These Complex Behaviours? | •Grooming •Facial expression •Body Posture •Sexual Presentation |
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