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Social psychological theory of intergroup relations
- Social dominance theory (SDT) is a social psychological theory of intergroup relations that examines the caste -like features of group-based social hierarchies, and how these hierarchies remain stable and perpetuate themselves.
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Social dominance theory (SDT) argues that all human societies form group-based hierarchies. A social hierarchy is where some individuals receive greater prestige, power or wealth than others.
Dec 15, 2011 · Social dominance theory describes how processes at different levels of social organization, from cultural ideologies and institutional discrimination to gender roles and the psychology of prejudice, work together to produce stable group-based inequality.
- Felicia Pratto, Andrew L. Stewart
- 2011
- SDO Differences Between Demographic Groups
- Relationships with Personality and Individual-Difference Dimensions
- Relationships with Intergroup Attitudes and Prejudice
- Relationships with Social Ideologies and Policy Positions
- Criticism of The Predictive Value and Role of SDO
Research has found gender, ethnic, and cross-national differences in SDO. Men are consistently found to have higher SDO than women (e.g., Ho et al. 2015; Pratto et al. 1994, 2000). SDO also shows ethnic/racial differences (e.g., Ho et al. 2015; Sidanius and Pratto 1999), with higher SDO among groups of high status (e.g., White Americans) compared t...
SDO has also been found to share negative relationships with several socially desirable personality traits, and positive relationships with several socially undesirable traits. In particular, SDO is negatively correlated with agreeableness (e.g., Hodson et al. 2009), as well as honesty–humility, emotionality, and openness to experience (e.g., Sible...
Consistent with the dual-process model, SDO consistently predicts prejudice against a wide variety of stigmatized or disadvantaged groups, including women, the poor, ethnic/racial minorities, LGBTQ people, immigrants, and refugees (e.g., Altemeyer 1996; Ho et al. 2015; Pratto et al. 1994; Sidanius and Pratto 1999). Although these findings are corre...
Beyond attitudes and behavior towards specific outgroups, SDO predicts endorsement of a range of group-relevant social ideologies (Ho et al. 2015). It generally does so in ways that are consistent with the individual-level group-hierarchy-supporting conception of SDO proposed by social dominance theory (e.g., Sidanius and Pratto 1993, 1999, 2012) a...
Although SDO has been widely studied and found to predict a range of attitudes and behaviors, some disagreement remains as to its conceptualization and causal nature. For example, some researchers have contended that rather than a personality-rooted individual difference variable, SDO is better conceptualized as an attitudinal outcome of social con...
SDT begins with the premise that most societies contain status hierarchies, with some groups systematically privileged over other groups. Thus, SDT has been used to explain the persistent inequalities of groups based on gender, race, and other marginalized social categories.
- Gazi Islam
- gislamster@gmail.com
Jan 1, 2024 · The social dominance theory (SDT) is a multilevel dynamic model aimed at explaining the oppression, discrimination, brutality, and tyranny characterizing human societies as a function of several individual and societal variables.
- michele.roccato@unito.it
Social dominance theory states that stable inequality among groups is maintained in part through the use of disproportionate force against subordinate groups.
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Social dominance theory (SDT; Sidanius & Pratto, 1999) is a multi-level, integrative theory of intergroup relations. Its central aim has been to understand the ubiquity and stubborn stability of group-based inequalities, though our research program has begun to explore how to introduce instability in considering group-based social hierarchies.
