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Title The psychology of social status / Joey T. Cheng, Jessica L. Tracy, Cameron Anderson, editors
Published New York : Springer, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 365 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Part I. Theoretical Perspectives: The Nature of Social Status and Hierarchy -- Part II. Who Leads? Psychological Underpinnings of Status Attainment -- Part III. Intrapsychic and Interpersonal Consequences of Status -- Part IV. How Is Status Manifested in the Body? -- Part V. Methodology
1. Toward a Unified Science of Hierarchy: Dominance and Prestige are Two Fundamental Pathways to Human Social Rank / Joey T. Cheng and Jessica L. Tracy -- 2. Prestige and the Ongoing Process of Culture Revision / Jerome H. Barkow -- Do Status Hierarchies Benefit Groups? A Bounded Functionalist Account of Status / Cameron Anderson and Robb Willer -- 4. What's in a Name? Status, Power, and Other Forms of Social Hierarchy / Steven L. Blader and Ya-Ru Chen -- 5. Personality and Status Attainment: A Micropolitics Perspective / Cameron Anderson and Jon Cowan -- 6. The Status-Size Hypothesis: How Cues of Physical Size and Social Status Influence Each Other / Nancy M. Blaker and Mark van Vugt -- 7. Prosocial Behavior and Social Status / Sara Kafashan [and 3 others] -- 8. The Pursuit of Status: A Self-presentational Perspective on the Quest for Social Value / Mark R. Leary, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno and Kate J. Diebels -- 9. The Roots and Fruits of Social Status in Small-Scale Human Societies / Christopher von Rueden -- 10. The Emotional Underpinnings of Social Status / Conor M. Steckler and Jessica L. Tracy -- 11. Decision Making at the Top: Benefits and Barriers / Nathanael J. Fast and Priyanka D. Joshi -- 12. Social Categories Create and Reflect Inequality: Psychological and Sociological Insights / Michael S. North and Susan T. Fiske -- 13. Hormones and Hierarchies / Erik L. Knight and Pranjal H. Mehta -- 14. Neural Basis of Social Status Hierarchy / Narum Pornpattananangkul, Caroline F. Zink and Joan Y. Chiao -- 15. Nonverbal Communications and the Vertical Dimension of Social Relations / Judith A. Hall [and 3 others] -- 16. The Assessment of Social Status: A Review of Measures and Experimental Manipulations / Joey T. Cheng, Aaron C. Weidman and Jessica L. Tracy
Summary Given the far-reaching effects of status on human societies, understanding the psychology of social status is crucial. Across all societies, differences in social rank or status not only determine who leads and who follows, but also the ways in which individuals resolve conflicts, allocate goods and resources, and coordinate to achieve shared group goals. The Psychology of Social Status outlines the foundational insights, key advances, and developments that have been made in the field thus far. The goal of this volume is to provide an in-depth exploration of the psychology of human status, by reviewing each of the major lines of theoretical and empirical work that have been conducted in this vein. Organized thematically, the volume covers the following areas: - An overview of several prominent overarching theoretical perspectives that have shaped much of the current research on social status. - Examination of the personality, demographic, situational, emotional, and cultural underpinnings of status attainment, addressing questions about why and how people attain status. - Identification of the intra- and inter-personal benefits and costs of possessing and lacking status. - Emerging research on the biological and bodily manifestation of status attainment - A broad review of available research methods for measuring and experimentally manipulating social status A key component of this volume is its interdisciplinary focus. Research on social status cuts across a variety of academic fields, including psychology, sociology, anthropology, organizational science others; thus the chapter authors are drawn from a similarly wide-range of disciplines. Encompassing the current state of knowledge in a thriving and proliferating field, The Psychology of Social Status is a fascinating and comprehensive resource for researchers, students, policy-makers, and others interested in learning about the complex nature of social status, hierarchy, dominance, and power
Analysis sociale structuur
social structure
sociale ongelijkheden
social inequalities
psychologie
psychology
sociale psychologie
social psychology
antropologie
anthropology
Psychology (General)
Psychologie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EbscoHost platform, viewed April 9, 2015)
Subject Social status -- Psychological aspects
Social psychology.
Anthropology.
Psychology, Social
Anthropology
social psychology.
anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
Anthropology
Social psychology
Social status -- Psychological aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Cheng, Joey T., editor
Tracy, Jessica L., editor.
Anderson, Cameron P. (Cameron Paul), editor
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