Social Behaviour Flashcards
Define social hierarchy
A rank order within a group or animals consisting of dominate and subordinate animals.
Benefit of social hierarchy
Reduces conflict
What behaviour is carried out in a social hierarchy
Dominant animals carry out threat displays
Subordinates carry out appeasement behaviours.
How do animals increase their social status within a group
Form alliances with other animals
What do social hierarchies increase the chance of
Increase the chance of fuel dominates favourable genes being passed onto offspring.
Benefits of cooperative hunting
Gain more food
Less energy used per individual
Enables larger pray to be caught, increasing chance of success.
What is meant by altruistic behaviour
Harms the donor but benefits the recipient.
Kin selection
Increase chances of survival of genes in the recipients future offspring
Which insects in social hierarchies can only reproduce
Queens and drones
Workers roles
Defending the hive
Collecting pollen
Raise relatives to increase survival of genes.
Why do primates have a long period of parental care
To allow learning of complex behaviour
