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Overview
Behavior among two or more organisms within
the same species, and encompasses any behavior in
which one member affects the other. Social behavior
can be seen as similar to an exchange of goods, with
the expectation that when you give, you will receive
the same. This behavior can be affected by both the
qualities of the individual and the environmental
(situational) factors. Therefore, social behavior arises
as a result of an interaction between the organism
and its environment.
A major aspect of social behavior is communication,
which is the basis for survival and reproduction.
Behavior can arise by those consciously behaving
(where there is an awareness and intent), or by pure
impulse. These factors that determine behavior can
work in different situations and moments, and can
even oppose one another. There are distinctions
between different types of social behavior, such as
mundane versus defensive social behavior. Mundane
social behavior is a result of interactions in day-to-day
life, and are behaviors learned as one is exposed
to those different situations. On the other hand,
defensive behavior arises out of impulse, when one is
faced with conflicting desires.
Development
The development of behavior is deeply tied with
the biological and cognitive changes one is experiencing
at any given time. Culture (parents and individuals
that influence socialization in children) play a large
role in the development of a child's social behavior, as
the parents or caregivers are typically those who
decide the settings and situations that the child is
exposed to. Emotions also play a large role in the
development of social behavior, as they are intertwined
with the way an individual behaves. Through social
interactions, emotion is understood through various
verbal and nonverbal displays, and thus plays a large
role in communication. The individual characteristics
of the child (their temperament) is important to
understanding how the individual learns social
behaviors and cues given to them, and this learnability
is not consistent across all children.
Organism
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Behavior
Overview
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός,
organismos) is any individual entity that embodies the
properties of life. An organism may be defined as an
assembly of molecules functioning as a more or less
stable whole that exhibits the properties of life. Dictionary
definitions can be broad, using phrases such as
"any living structure, such as a plant, animal, fungus
or bacterium, capable of growth and reproduction.”
An organism may be either a prokaryote or a
eukaryote. Prokaryotes are represented by two
separate domains - bacteria and archaea. Eukaryotic
organisms are characterized by the presence of a
membrane-bound cell nucleus and contain additional
membrane-bound compartments called organelles.
Fungi, animals and plants are examples of kingdoms
of organisms within the eukaryotes. Estimates on the
number of Earth's current species range from two
million to one trillion, of which over 1.7 million
have been documented. More than 99% of all species,
amounting to over five billion species, that ever lived
are estimated to be extinct.
Structure
All organisms consist of structural units called
cells; some contain a single cell (unicellular) and
others contain many units (multicellular). Multicellular
organisms are able to specialize cells to perform specific
functions. A group of such cells is a tissue, and in
animals these occur as four basic types, namely epithelium,
nervous tissue, muscle tissue, and connective tissue.
Several types of tissue work together in the form of
an organ to produce a particular function. This pattern
continues to a higher level with several organs functioning
as an organ system such as the reproductive
system, and digestive system. Many multicellular
organisms consist of several organ systems, which
coordinate to allow for life.
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