Psyc 2700 Animal Behaviour and Evolution Exam Questions And Correct Answers.
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Describe competition (Darwin's Theory) - Answer Selection favours selfish individuals who maximize their share and resources
What is pro-sociality and what are two describing characteristics - Answer Cooperation among individuals in a species, it strictly contradicts Darwinian evolution.
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Psyc 2700 Animal Behaviour and
Evolution Exam Questions And Correct
Answers.
Describe competition (Darwin's Theory) - Answer Selection favours selfish individuals who maximize
their share and resources
What is pro-sociality and what are two describing characteristics - Answer Cooperation among
individuals in a species, it strictly contradicts Darwinian evolution.
- maladaptive
- more common among kin
Describe cooperation - Answer When two or more individuals each receive a net benefit from their join
actions.
List 3 costs of cooperation - Answer (Any 3)
-Increases exposure to predators
-Increased disease transmission
-Competition within groups
-Dealing with dominant/subordinate hierarchy
-Increased cuckoldry
-Reproductive interference
List 3 benefits of cooperation - Answer -Provides defense against predators
-Assistance from other when foraging
-Provides a safe environment for subordinates
-Opportunity for cuckoldry
-Opportunity to interfere with reproductive success of others
, Give an example of a dominant-subordinate group - Answer Daffodil cichilid.
Only dominants have breeding rights, subordinates act as helpers and care for eggs. Subordinates spend
2/3 of time performing social behaviors.
Provide an example of reproductive interference - Answer Acorn woodpeckers.
Nest cavities are limited so females must share and lay eggs in same nest. As a result, females will 'toss'
other eggs in order to lay their own and improve their reproductive success.
Describe the lion feeding hierarchy - Answer Lionesses perform all the hunting and acquisition of food.
The pride male eats first, followed by other males, lionesses and then cubs.
Describe the wolf feeding hierarchy - Answer Alpha male and female lead hunt, and every pack
member participates. Alpha pair receives largest amount and the rest is distributed accordingly.
Provide an example of disease transmission in a group - Answer Cliff swallows build nests on manmade
structures, they mix saliva and mud from surrounding area to form them. Disease transmission increases
with colony size
What are the four types of defense prey use in order to protect themselves from predators? - Answer -
Dilution
-Selfish herding
-Many eyes
-Mobbing
What is resource defense? - Answer Common in primates, groups disperse themselves according to
resource distribution.
What are some species that use division of labour? and provide 3 examples of roles in these groups? -
Answer Colonial ants, bees, and wasps.
(Any of 3)
-Sexuals (Queen)
-Defenders
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