Social Organisation Flashcards
1
Q
What is social organisation?
A
- the structure of relationships within a group
2
Q
What features must be divided among a group to be socially organised?
A
- resources
- activities
3
Q
What resources must be divided among a group to be socially organised?
A
- food
- territories
- nest sites
4
Q
What activities must be divided among a group to be socially organised?
A
- protection
- other skills like hunting
5
Q
Why is social organisation valuable?
A
- it improves the survival and reproductive success of an individual
6
Q
What does social organisation make it easier to do?
A
- avoid being attacked by predators
- find food by hunting collectively
- divide labour among individuals
- find mates
- regulate population size
- protect resources
