survival strategy
Way to endure
A survival strategy is any behavior, adaptation, or plan that helps an organism or person endure difficult conditions.
In biology, it describes evolved traits that increase chances of staying alive: Hibernation is a survival strategy for conserving energy.
More broadly, it applies to human coping mechanisms—practical or psychological approaches for getting through hardship: Her survival strategy was to keep her head down and avoid conflict.
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- playing deadFaking death as defense
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
- diapauseInsect developmental suspension
problem-solving · long-term planning · lying low · thermoregulation · shelter building · altruism · mutual aid · fire-making · migration · safety in numbers · herd mentality · scavenging · adaptation · teamwork · genetic mutation · navigation tools · communication · fight or flight response
- Animal Migrationwildebeest, caribou, whale, reindeer, breeding grounds
- Ecophysiologythermoregulation, osmoregulation, metabolic rate, heat exchange, gas exchange
survival strategysuicide
Voluntary death by oneself
self-destruction · death wish · self-sabotage · maladaptive behavior · giving up
survival strategyresignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
fatalism · learned helplessness · inaction · defeatism · surrender