AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sociobiology is the study of the biological basis of social behavior among animals and humans. In recent years, sociologists have begun incorporating key ideas and explanatory principles from sociobiology into sociology.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sociobiology is the systematic study of how natural selection, shapes the biological basis of all social behavior (Wilson, 1975). Patterns of human social behavior can be explained by biological imperatives such as the drive to spread genetic inheritance as widely as possible.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sociobiology is the study of the biological bases of behavior in the context of neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory. This review organizes the contribution of sociobiology to the understanding of human behavior around a small number of major theoretical articulations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sociobiology also examines behavior that indirectly contributes to reproduction. An example is the theory of optimal foraging which explains how animals use the least amount of energy to get the maximum amount of food. Another example is altruistic behavior (altruism means selfless).