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Dominance is the aspect of social hierarchy that arises from agonistic interactions involving actual aggression or threats and intimidation. Accumulating evidence points to its importance in humans and its separation from prestige--an alternate mechanism in which status arises from competence or benefit-generation ability.
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Jan 1, 2022 · Dominance hierarchy forms an inner structure of a society which allows society members to stay together without repeated fighting. Access to resources is provided by hierarchical status. In...
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...
Jan 1, 2009 · ogy: we first look at theoretical models for the explanation of dominance hierar- chies (‘pecking orders’) in small groups of animals, before c onsidering hierarchies in small groups of humans.
Jan 10, 2022 · In a dominance hierarchy, individuals are arrayed in a line from most to least dominant; individuals are dominant to those below them in the hierarchy and subordinate to those above them in the hierarchy.
The evolution of dominance hierarchies is linked to conflict avoid-ance and resolution. Full-blown conflicts are extremely costly in many species, routinely leading to major injuries and...
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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.
