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Aug 22, 2017 · One possible explanation, scientists say, may lie in what’s known as Social Dominance Theory, the idea that human societies are organized in group-based social hierarchies in which some enjoy greater access to resources and opportunities than others.
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- Eclipses, Through The Years
Jan 10, 2022 · Dominance captures behavioural patterns found in social hierarchies that arise from agonistic interactions in which some individuals coercively exploit their control over costs and benefits to extract deference from others, often through aggression, threats and/or intimidation.
Feb 21, 2019 · Social status can be attained through either dominance (coercion and intimidation) or prestige (skill and respect). Individuals high in either of these status pathways are known to more...
- Ashton Roberts, Romina Palermo, Troy A. W. Visser
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This emphasis on both prosocial and aggressive forms of dominance behavior is captured by the interpersonal circumplex model in which social behavior is represented by two orthogonal axes: dominance/submissiveness and warmth/hostility (Gurtman, 1992; Horowitz, 2004; Kemper, 1990; Leary, 1957).
Social groups across species rapidly self-organize into hierarchies, where members vary in their level of power, influence, skill, or dominance. In this review we explore the nature of social hierarchies and the traits associated with status in both humans and nonhuman primates, and how status varies across development in humans.
High status in general allows both adults and children to act less prosocially than do lower-status people . Finally, gender also reflects perceptions of power and social status. The stereotypes applied to men as the dominant, higher-status group worldwide reflect cultural values in their specific manifestation.
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Jan 10, 2022 · Across species, social hierarchies are often governed by dominance relations. In humans, where there are multiple culturally valued axes of distinction, social hierarchies can take a variety of forms and need not rest on dominance relations. Consequently, humans navigate multiple domains of status, i.e. relative standing.
