Unit 3 Key area 6

Question 1

An individual’s rank in a social hierarchy

Answer 1

Social status

Question 2

Unit consisting of several members of a species who live together and respond to one another

Answer 2

Social group

Question 3

Graded order of rank among members of a social group resulting from aggressive rival

Answer 3

Social hierarchy

Question 4

Type of social behaviour used by a member of a social group to concede defeat to a dominant rival

Answer 4

Appeasement

Question 5

Ritualised behaviour used by a member of a social group to intimidate a rival without engaging in a real fight

Answer 5

Threat Display

Question 6

Member of a social group able to intimidate all other members without being attacked in return

Answer 6

Dominant

Question 7

Term referring to a group of living things classified together because they have certain characteristics in common

Answer 7

Taxonomic

Question 8

Close relationship among female primates in a social group where reproductive success can increase social status

Answer 8

Alliance

Question 9

Process by which social primates clean one another’s fur while reducing tension within their social group

Answer 9

Grooming

Question 10

Type of social behaviour where adult primates provide their offspring with food, protection and transport

Answer 10

Parental care

Question 11

Non-reproductive member of an insect colony that cooperates with close relatives to ensure the survival of the young

Answer 11

Worker

Question 12

Process which favours acts of apparent altruism carried out to help close relatives

Answer 12

Kin-selection

Question 13

Unselfish behaviour which harms the donor but benefits the recipients

Answer 13

Altruism

Question 14

Method of obtaining food that benefits subordinate animals in addition to the group’s dominant leader

Answer 14

Cooperative hunting