Homework – Social Behavior
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Homework – Social Behavior Choices: A) Cost B) Benefit 1) Increased risk of cuckoldry? 2) Increased competition for food? 3) Greater transmission of parasites? 4) Increased dilution effect? 5) Improved foraging via information centers? 6) Explain what is being shown in figure 13.5 (big bird and small bird). 7) Explain figure 13.8 as to why an animal might help another animal.
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Homework–SocialBehavior
Choices:A)CostB)Benefit1)Increasedriskofcuckoldry?2)Increasedcompetitionforfood?3)Greatertransmissionofparasites?4)Increaseddilutioneffect?5)Improvedforagingviainformationcenters?6)Explainwhatisbeingshowninfigure13.5(bigbirdandsmallbird).7)Explainfigure13.8astowhyananimalmighthelpanotheranimal.
8)ExplainwhatthePrisoner’sDilemmais.9)Calculatethecoefficientofrelatednessbetweentwobrothers.Showyourworkandusecirclestosymbolizemalesandsquarestosymbolizefemales.10)Whatisinclusivefitness?11)InChapter14,wewilldiscusstheevolutionofHumanBehavior.Manyargumentsarebroughtupabouthowtherulesthatapplytoanimalsdonotapplytohumans.ExplaintheSociobiologycontroversybybrieflystatingandexplainingthethreeboldedsentencesinthischapter.
