Social intelligence Flashcards

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What is the social brain hypothesis?

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Brain size (specifically neocortex) correlates to mean group size for a species

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What did Kudo and Dunbar (2001) find?

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Grooming clique size correlates with neocortex size in primates

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What did Byrne and Corp (2004) find?

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Neocortex size predicts deception rate in in primates

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What did Zayan et al (1994) demonstrate?

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Individual recognition implies mental representation of the polymorphous features of the conspecific

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What are the features of individual recognition?

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> Mental representation
Widespread throughout vertebrates and invertebrates
Different sensory systems are utilised
Essential for higher forms of social knowledge

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What are ‘higher’ forms of social knowledge?

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> Representing third party relationships
> Fostering friendships, coalitions and alliances
> Reciprocity
> Reconciliation
> Tactical deception
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What did Silk et al (2003) find?

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> Infants
Composite sociality index (proximity and grooming behaviour) of infant
High composite sociality index correlates with high rate of infant survival

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What did Paz-y-Mino et al (2004) find?

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> Jays
Looked at submissive behaviour at first interaction with another Jay (known third party relationships)
Found transitive inference of dominance status

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What are the mechanisms of social knowledge?

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> Transitive inference of dominance status
Hierarchical classification of rank and family
Knowledge of third party relationships

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Who demonstrated transitive inference of dominance status?

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Paz-y-Mino et al (2004)

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Who demonstrated Hierarchical classification of rank and family?

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Bergman et al (2003)

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What did Bergman et al (2003) find?

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> Hierarchical classification of rank and family

> Baboons react more strongly to between family reversals than within family reversals

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Who demonstrated knowledge of third party relationships?

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> Cheney and Seyfarth (1980)

> Dasser (1988)

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What did Cheney and Seyfarth (1980) find?

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> Vervet monkeys

> Monkeys knew which mother a child scream belonged to

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What did Dasser (1988) find?

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> Java monkeys

> Could discriminate mother-daughter pairs from non-related pairs

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What are the features of chimpanzee politics?

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Support in coalitions is dependant on kinship

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What did Hemelrijk (1994) find?

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> Social interchange in long-tailed macaques

> Likelihood of helping an individual dependant on previous grooming behaviour

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What methods are used to manage social relationships?

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> Reciprocation

> Reconciliation

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What are the different methods of tactical deception?

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> Concealment
> Distraction
> Creating an image
> Manipulation of target using a social tool
> Deflection onto a fall guy
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What did Menzel (1974) find?

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> Tactical deception
Chimpanzees
Food gathering

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What is individual recognition?

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> The ability to recognise an individual

> Precursor to social intelligence