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In biology, psychology and sociology social behavior is behavior directed towards, or taking place between, members of the same species. Behavior such as predation which involves members of different species is not social. While many social behaviors are communication (provoke a response, or change in behavior, without acting directly on the receiver) communication between members of different species is not social behavior.

In sociology, "behavior" itself means an animal-like activity devoid of social meaning or social context, in contrast to "social behavior" which has both. In a sociological hierarchy, social behavior is followed by social action, which is directed at other people and is designed to induce a response. Further along this ascending scale are social interaction and social relation.

[edit] Gender-oriented groups

Among members of certain species, such as apes (Superfamily Hominoidea), horses (more broadly, Family Equidae), dogs and whales, young non-dominant males can spontaneously form bachelor groups or bachelor bands (see Fraternity). The corresponding social structure for females is the harem. Unlike the bachelor group, the harem is typically organized around a single dominant male.

[edit] See also

• Aggressive behavior
• Animal social behavior
• Anti-social behavior
• Behavioral ecology
• Behavioral economics
• Competition
• Compliance
• Conformity (personality)
• Contagion
• Criticism
• Dominance hierarchy
• Dual inheritance theory
• Equity (social)
• Ethology
• Forms of activity and interpersonal relations
• Gambling
• Help seeking behavior
• Human behavioral ecology
• Impression management
• Informants
• Interspecies interaction
• Involvement
• Leadership
• Leadership style
• Militancy
• Nurturance
• Organizational behavior
• Personal space
• Peer group
• Privacy
• Prosocial behavior
• Racial and ethnic relations
• Reciprocity
• Responsibility
• Retaliation
• Risk taking
• Social acceptance
• Social adjustment
• Social approval
• Social cognition
• Social demonstrations
• Social drinking
• Social facilitation
• Social influences
• Social interaction
• Social perception
• Social reinforcement
• Social skills

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