The tendency for a group of individuals and tribes to form an organized set of rules, formal and informal, around social interactions between the members of that group. Historically these groups were often united under a system of government or shared territorial land, forming bonds of history, religion, laws, and ethical values. In the context of research ethics, society more generally represents one of the primary stakeholder groups affected by the conduct and outcomes of scientific studies.

Society

It is theorized that through the course of human evolution, humanity's tendency to form hunter-gatherer tribes around mutual group identities to be a critical part of why human beings continue to engage discrimination around these traits today.

Tribalism as a Precursor to Discrimination  

The tendency of human beings to group themselves together into small social units.

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The sum of potential and taken physical, mental, and social activities available in a human life. 

Human Behavior

	
Hunters use persistence hunting to chase an animal above its trot-to-gallop transition speed during the middle of the day when its hot as prey cannot pant when galloping and will overheat while running.


Persistence Hunting 

Social Grouping in Homo Sapiens

Based on the scenario provided, analyze the individual's actions. Identify and provide one specific example for each of the following components of their behavior: a physical activity, a mental activity, and a social activity.

Analyzing Components of Behavior

Analyze the student's actions in the scenario below. Identify one specific example of a physical activity, one mental activity, and one social activity, and briefly explain why each example fits its category.

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