Social Behaviour Flashcards
Appeasement
Type of social behaviour used by a member of a social group to concede defeat to a dominant rival.
Alliance
Close relationship among female primates in a social group where reproductive success can increase social status.
Altruism
Unselfish behaviour which harms the donor but benefits the recipient.
Co-operative hunting
Method of obtaining food that benefits subordinate animals in addition to the group’s dominant leader.
Dominant
Member of a social group able to intimidate all other members without being attacked in return.
Grooming
Process by which primates clean one another’s fur while reducing tension within their social group.
Kin selection
Process which favours acts of apparent altruism carried out to help close relatives.
Parental care
Type of social behaviour where adult primates provide their offspring with food, protection and transport.
Social group
Unit consisting of several members of species who live together and respond to one another.
Social hierarchy
Graded orders of rank amount members of a social group resulting from aggressive behaviours.
Social status
Benefit gained by humans from processes carried out by mementos of an ecosystem’s community.
Threat display
Ritualised behaviour used by a member of a social group to intimidate a rival without engaging in a real fight.
Worker
Non-reproductive member of an instruct colony the co-operates with close relatives to ensure survival of the young.
Type of social behaviour used by a member of a social group to concede defeat to a dominant rival.
Appeasement
Close relationship among female primates in a social group where reproductive success can increase social status.
Alliance
