Exam 12: The Evolution of Social Behavior

Social behavior between animals where the actor benefits at the expense of the recipient is called ________.

Social behavior in which the "actor" benefits at the expense of the "recipient" is termed ________.

Multilevel selection/cooperation has been documented in ________.

The existence of a hypothetical allele that confers a distinctive,recognizable trait,along with altruistic behavior toward others with this trait,was coined the ________ [two words] by Richard Dawkins.

The accompanying figure shows that the rate of alarm calls made by black-tailed prairie dogs is dependent on a perceived threat by a predator.This behavior affects ________.

The descriptive term ________ was coined to refer to animals that have overlapping adult generations in which nonreproductive individuals cooperate to care for young.

A measure of the reproductive fitness of genetic relatives resulting from the actions of an individual is called ________.

Social behavior in which the "actor" makes a sacrifice for the benefit of the "recipient" is called ________.

A measure of the reproductive fitness of an individual without the help of others is known as ________.

One would expect that conflicts between parents and offspring over parental investment would be the most pronounced in ________.