Neural mechanisms of social dominance [PDF]
In a group setting, individuals’ perceptions of their own level of dominance or of the dominance level of others, and the ability to adequately control their behavior based on these perceptions are crucial for living within a social environment.
Noriya eWatanabe +3 more
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Are Users Good Assessors of Social Dominance in Domestic Horses? [PDF]
Horse users and caretakers must be aware of the risks of mixing social groups. The current study investigated whether eight equine practitioners can assess the social dominance rank of 20 horses.
Ewa Jastrzębska +4 more
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Academic Motivation of Students Experiencing Person-Environment Misfit in Social Work Educational Settings: The Role of Social Dominance Orientation [PDF]
Interweaving social dominance, person-environment fit, and self-determination theories, the present study sought to understand whether the attrition between students’ levels of social dominance orientation and the hierarchy-attenuating function of the ...
Alessio Tesi +2 more
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Effect Social Dominance , Machiavellianism and Emotional Manipulation on Earnings Overstatement : A test of Upper Echelons Theory [PDF]
Earning overstatement is actually one of the forms of earnings management whereby the entity's management tries to avoid reporting losses. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of psychological variables such as Social Dominance ...
Hassan Sadeghpour +3 more
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Manifestations of domination: Assessments of social dominance in rodents [PDF]
AbstractSocial hierarchies are ubiquitous features of virtually all animal groups. The varying social ranks of members within these groups have profound effects on both physical and emotional health, with lower‐ranked individuals typically being the most adversely affected by their respective ranks.
Hannah D. Fulenwider +2 more
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System Justification theory: a new perspective on the problem of inequality [PDF]
This article outlines the concept of system justification proposed by J. Jost and M. Banaji. Motivational basis of system justification as well as the core assumption that low-status individuals tend to justify the existing system more than high-status ...
Agadullina E.R. +3 more
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The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to numerous new conspiracy theories related to the virus. This study aimed to investigate a range of individual predictors of beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories that account for sociodemographic characteristics ...
Mirjana Tonković +3 more
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Effects of social experience, aggressiveness and comb size on contest success in male domestic fowl [PDF]
The ability to dominate conspecifics and thereby gain access to resources depends on a number of traits and skills. Experience of dominance relationships during development is a potential source of learning such skills.
Anna Favati +2 more
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Gut microbiota shapes social dominance through modulating HDAC2 in the medial prefrontal cortex
Summary: Social dominance is a ubiquitous phenomenon among social animals, including humans. To date, individual attributes leading to dominance (after a contest) remain largely elusive.
Tian Wang +6 more
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The Social Dominance Paradox [PDF]
Dominant individuals report high levels of self-sufficiency, self-esteem, and authoritarianism. The lay stereotype suggests that such individuals ignore information from others, preferring to make their own choices. However, the nonhuman animal literature presents a conflicting view, suggesting that dominant individuals are avid social learners ...
Cook, J.L. +6 more
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