EXAM #3 Flashcards
Social groups include ________ ________ , within which the animals hold ________ ________ in common that may shape their social interactions.
extended families, genetic interests
Other types of social groups include ________, ________, and ________ in which members of many families may come together.
schools, flocks, and herds
eusocial groups
as having members that do not reproduce but rather serve as workers to benefit others in the group
For group living to persist the costs and benefits must add up so that the ______
fitness of the animals in the group is enhanced.
For any one animal, the decision to join a group must be the result of a situation in which________________
ultimately measured as fitness effects.
the benefits outweigh the costs,
selection favors behavior that has higher ______
benefits than costs.
Species with sterile workers are termed
___
eusocial.
______ species live in colonies with overlapping generations in which the mother (queen) plays the reproductive role and the offspring are workers.
eusocial
Sometimes animals come together in groups only to exploit ________ _______
social information
cooperation includes intentional signaling of events, such as ________
giving alarm calls when a predator is present.
Cooperation involves a cost for the donor animal, measurable in risk of____________ , and a __________________ for the recipient
lost direct fitness, and a potential fitness gain for the recipient
T/F: Donor behavior would never occur if the donor did not have a way to recover its fitness investment in the future
Truuuuue
kin selection
when an animal behaves in ways that add to the fitness of its close relatives, with whom it shares genes.
reciprocal altruism
the trading of aid in the present for potential returned aid in the future.
joint activity among animals to achieve a shared goal
cooperation
animals work together for some time so that the group as a whole benefits, but at a later date they compete for individual benefits.
selfish teamwork
What do you call a behavior performed without regard for self-interest?
Altruism
a truly altruistic act is defined as
one that involves one animal giving aid to another with no opportunity for payback
true altruism is entirely contrary to
darwinian thinking,
why is true altruism contrary to darwinian thinking?
darwinianism claims that everything an organism does is shaped by the drive to maximize its fitness
T/F: Truly altruistic aid-giving behavior is quite common
False
most cases of apparent altruism actually have roots in
self interest
What is the animal that gives the aid called
donor
the animal that receives the aid?
the recipient
the donor usually incurs a ______ for giving the aid.
cost.
examples of cost incurred by donor:
gives up food, puts self at risk of predation, delays its own reproduction
the cost for the donor translates into a _______ for the recipient
benefit
examples of recipient benefits
food obtained, protection from predation, increased chances of reproduction
any evolutionary explanation of aid-giving behavior must include
benefits to both the donor and the recipient
examples of rapid return aid-giving
mutual grooming among monkeys
a quantitative analysis of the balance between the cost of a behavior and the benefits gained from that behavior.
cost-benefit equation
What 3 concepts of animal behavior did William D. Hamilton contribute?
kin selection, cooperation, and selfish herds
explain social network analysis
Each animal is considered a node in the network, and social relationships are diagrammed as links among nodes.
social network analysis portrays social relationships as
connections in a web and analyzes the effects of the network on communication and social behavior
loss of a _______ ______ is more disruptive to information flow and more damaging to network structure than the loss of a _______ _______
central animal, peripheral animal
true/false: within a network, not all animals have the same amount of info
True
info can flow only between ______
linked animals
what are the six possible evolutionary explanations for aid-giving behavior and co-operation
- Kin selection
- Reproductive skew
- Group selection
- Social contract models
- Delayed competition
- Stolen aid/coercion
kinship can be a powerful force in holding groups together because all group members
have a shared genetic interest in the survival of the groups offpspring
what are the two ways an animal has of gaining fitness
1-reproducing
2-by aiding close relatives and adding to their reproduction
-this is kin selection
Hamilton’s equation
B/C > 1/r. orrrr rB > C
What do the letters stand for in
Hamiltons equation
C-elements of cost
b-benefit
r-relatedness
what do the letters REPRESENT in Hamiltons equation
cost-c-the lost potential fitness of the donor
benefit-b-added fitness for the recipient due to the acts of the donor
donor-recipient relatedness
what is the fundamental message of the cost-benefit equation
aid-giving behavior by the donor should be favored in the course of evolution if the donor–recipient relatedness (r) times the added benefit to the recipient is greater than the cost to the donor.
apply the cost-benefit equation to the example of the drowning sibling
C = the probability of the rescuer drowning in the rescue attempt B = the subsequent reproduction of the sib r = 0.50, the relatedness of rescuer and sib
An animals own reproduction is referred to as
classical fitness
measure of animals fitness that includes their reproductive output plus added reproduction of relatives due to aid-giving behavior by the first animal
inclusive fitness
inclusive fitness includes only the fitness benefits of
the aid giving behavior , not the entire reproduction of the relatives
social contract
arrangement of trust, in which a donor gives something in return for a promise that the recipient will give back something of equal or greater value at a future date.
guppy Fish that inspect predators use strategy that is:
nice: each start inspecting at same point in time
• retaliatory: If partner stops, inspector also stops
• forgiving: if inspector A’s
partner cheated in the
past, but resumes
inspection then A will
also inspect
tit-for-tat TFT
guppies… Always cooperate on initial encounter with new
individual & then copy partner’s behavior on next
encounter.
ex of reciprocity in vamp bats
satiated bat will share with hungry bat. More likely to share a blood meal with those that have shared in the past. • Low level of relatedness but still played a small role
Like mutualism but in this arrangement, animals
cannot help each other at the same time. Animal A
helps animal B now while animal B will help A
later.
reciprocity/reciprocal altruism
3 plumage colors of Lazuli Bunting Males
Dull brown (subordinate) u Intermediate u Bright blue & orange (dominant)
A form of cooperation where two or more individuals benefit from an interaction and gain more helping each other than if they were to act individually.
mutualism
Antipredator behavior where a social group of prey
approaches a predator, harasses it, and aggressively
tries to chase it away.
alarm calls are produced with behavioral displays
mobbing
_____hunting requires cooperation to be successful
group
costs of allogrooming
less vigilant for predators
benefits of allogrooming
Removal of ectoparasites • Tension reduction • Can be exchanged for currencies • Coalition formation • Access to resources • Entrance to new groups
what is allogrooming
when one individual grooms another
3 steps of the helping birthing process
1-nonprego female helper bat assumes the feet down birthing position as it tutors the prego female to assume this position
2-prego female in a cradle position during birth is being groomed by a helper
3-as the wing and the foot of the pup emerge the helper continues to groom the female that is giving birth
explain helping in the birthing process
bat midwives. Unrelated females assist pregnant individuals during
birthing process
l Also guide newborn pups to suckling position
examples of cooperative behaviors
l Elephant problem solving l Helping in the Birthing Process l Social Grooming l Group Hunting l Mobbing
Predicts that animals are more likely to
cooperate (or be altruistic) with relatives
kin selection
Requires genetic relatedness between
donor and recipient
kin selection
When an animal’s behavior benefits
the fitness of close relatives (those
with shared genes)
kin selection
Hamiltons rule
rB > C
animals will cooperate sometimes despite potential ____ to the individual
costs