RPG: The Evolution of Social Behavior

9407357雅各布为了深入了解社会行为是如何演变的，我们必须了解个人如何决定是否加入一个群体。雅各布博士选择了一个模型系统进行研究，在该系统中，该物种是兼性社会性的。这意味着个体有时群居，而有时独居。雅各布博士将从四个层面考察这一物种的决策过程。首先，她将确定引起社会行为的刺激。其次，雅各布博士将研究动物的状态，特别是它的能量水平，对那些唤起社会行为的刺激的反应的影响。第三，她将研究一个人一生中行为的发展。最后，这项工作将最终导致确定那些影响社会性演变的因素。

9407357 Jakob In order to gain insight into how social behavior evolves, we must understand how individuals decide whether or not to join a group. Dr. Jakob has chosen a model system to study in which the species is facultatively social. This means that individuals live in groups at some time while at other times live alone. Dr. Jakob will examine the decision-making process of this species at four levels. First, she will determine the stimuli that evoke social behavior. Second, Dr. Jakob will examine the effect of the animal's state, particularly its energy level, on responsiveness to those stimuli that evoke social behavior. Third, she will study the development of the behavior over an individual's lifespan. Finally, this work will ultimately lead to identifying those factors the affect the evolution of sociality.