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Social dominance theory (SDT) is a social psychological theory of intergroup relations that examines the caste-like features [1] of group-based social hierarchies, and how these hierarchies remain stable and perpetuate themselves. [2]
Social Dominance Theory (SDT; e.g., Sidanius & Pratto, 1999) is an attempt to combine social psychological theories of intergroup relations with wider social process of ideology and the legitimization of social inequalities.
- Gazi Islam
- gislamster@gmail.com
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
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
Apr 19, 2018 · social dominance theory (SDT) a general model of the development and maintenance of social dominance and oppression that assumes societies minimize group conflict by creating consensus on ideologies that promote the superiority of one group over others.
Social dominance attempts to show that group-based inequalities are maintained through three primary intergroup behaviors—specifically: (1) institutional discrimination, (2) aggregated individual discrimination, and (3) behavioral asymmetry.
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Jan 1, 2020 · Social dominance theory (e.g., Sidanius and Pratto 1993, 1999, 2012) is a multilevel theory of intergroup relations aimed at explaining the ubiquity of inequality and discrimination between social groups. The theory proposes that group-based hierarchy is dynamically self-sustaining, even in the face of varied and dramatic social change.
