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- Dominance and prestige represent evolved strategies used to navigate social hierarchies. Dominance is a strategy through which people gain and maintain social rank by using coercion, intimidation, and power. Prestige is a strategy through which people gain and maintain social rank by displaying valued knowledge and skills and earning respect.
Dominance and prestige represent evolved strategies used to navigate social hierarchies. Dominance is a strategy through which people gain and maintain social rank by using coercion, intimidation, and power.
Jan 1, 2016 · In the domain of social hierarchy, two key strategies possessed by humans are dominance and prestige. Both reflect suites of functionally coordinated mechanisms inherited by human ancestors, and both reflect viable routes to attaining high social rank within groups (Cheng et al., 2013).
- J.K. Maner, C.R. Case, C.R. Case
- 2016
Oct 26, 2023 · How do humans gain status within their social group? There are two paths: we gain status by dominance or prestige (or a combination thereof). Dominance refers to attaining social rank through fear, intimidation, and coercion.
Nov 15, 2017 · The current article synthesizes recent lines of research documenting differences between dominance- versus prestige-oriented individuals, including personality traits and emotions, strategic behaviors deployed in social interactions, leadership strategies, and physiological correlates of both behaviors.
- Jon K. Maner
- 2017
Nov 19, 2012 · In contrast, the Dominance–Prestige Account holds that Dominance and Prestige represent independent and distinct avenues to social rank, and thus Dominance and Prestige should each be independently associated with high social rank, even after controlling for shared variance.
Oct 31, 2019 · In humans (and other social primates), anti-dominance instincts often escalate into large-scale coordinated leveling efforts to suppress the power of coercive aggrandizers. By contrast, prestige, which produces mutually beneficial outcomes with followers, is recognized and widely endorsed.
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This chapter highlights two strategies—dominance and prestige—that have played a critical role in regulating human social rank hierarchies throughout history. People who adopt a dominance strategy attain social rank through fear, coercion, intimidation, and the selfish manipulation of resources.
