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  1. Nov 15, 2017 · 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.

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  2. Jan 1, 2016 · Dominance reflects a repertoire of behaviors, cognitions, and emotions aimed at attaining social rank through coercion, intimidation, and the selfish manipulation of group resources. Prestige instead reflects behaviors, cognitions, and emotions aimed at attaining social rank through the display of valued knowledge and skill.

    • J.K. Maner, C.R. Case, C.R. Case
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  3. Feb 20, 2021 · The social differences between dominant and minority groups is called stratification, which, in sociological terms is the study of inequality. Stratification is a word that comes to us from geology and describes the layering or strata of rocks; therefore, stratification concerns the ways in which society is layered and how that layering effects the life chances of groups and the individuals ...

  4. Work by Cheng and colleagues (2013) suggests that both dominance and prestige serve as viable strategies for attaining influence within newly formed groups. After a group task, undergraduates rated one another on dominance and prestige. Both dominance and pres tige predicted people's influence over group decisions.

  5. Sep 30, 2023 · Dominance and prestige are associated with distinctly different affective traits and states in both leaders and followers. As dominance is seized and maintained through the use of power, intimidation, and coercion, it may generate affective states such as fear and a sense of hopelessness in followers and it should be gained more easily by people who are relatively arrogant, aggressive ...

  6. Human social groups are characterized by hierarchies that provide strong personal benefits for group members who are able to ascend into positions of high social rank. 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 ...

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  8. Nov 19, 2012 · an eye tracker. Dominant and Prestigious targets each received greater visual attention than targets low on either dimension. Together, these findings demonstrate that Dominance and Prestige are distinct yet viable strategies for ascending the social hierarchy, consistent with evolutionary theory.