Question

a) Among the primates, how does body size influence both metabolism and dietary choices?

b) Define grooming and give the postulated function or overall effect of the social behavior.

c) Define dominance and give the postulated function or overall effect of the social behavior.

d) Describe the mother-infant bond and how it functions in social behavior.

e) Define sexual selection and how it functions in social behavior.

Answer 1

Question

a. Among the primate, the animal which is small would have a high metabolic rate and large animals have low metabolic rate. Therefore, small primate need more nutrition rich diet as compare to large primates.

b. Grooming means behaviours in animals to make them clean and hygiene. The animals that show grooming are thought to have high social behaviour as compared to one that do not show grooming.

c. Dominance is the relationship between inviduals that allow them to establish priority access to food, shelter and other resources. The animals showing dominant behaviour occupied high level in their poulation and are more social .

d. Mother infant bond is between the mother and their offspring, where mother try to take every care of their offspring till they get mature. This lead to the formation of strong bond between two female organism and between mother and their offspring.