General Social Behavior Flashcards
The size of the group and its composition in respect of age, sex, and degrees of relatedness of group members
Physical structure
All of the relationships among individuals in the group and their consequences for spatial distribution and behavioral interactions
Social structure
The duration of association of the members of the group and their consequences frequency of fission in which one or more members leave the group
Group cohesion
The individual that is in front during an orderly group progression
Leader
The individual that is first to react in a way which elicits a new group activity
Initiator
The individual that determines whether a new group activity occurs
Controller
The situation where individuals seek to obtain the same resource
Competition
An order of individuals or groups of individual in a social group, based upon some ability or characteristic
Hierarchy
Given estimations of the total number of group members that can be recognized or remembered by each individual in CATTLE
50-70
Given estimations of the total number of group members that can be recognized or remembered by each individual in PIGS
20-30
When resting, sheep occupies an area of ____ per sheep
10 m2
Average distance between neighboring sheep when grazing varies from ___ to more than ___ m
4 to more than 19 m