The Psychology of Social Status

The Psychology of Social Status outlines the foundational insights, key advances, and developments that have been made in the field thus far.

The Psychology of Social Status

Table of Contents


Theoretical Perspectives: The Nature of Social Status and Hierarchy

Toward a Unified Science of Hierarchy: Dominance and Prestige are Two Fundamental Pathways to Human Social Rank
Joey T. Cheng, Jessica L. Tracy

Prestige and the Ongoing Process of Culture Revision
Jerome H. Barkow

Do Status Hierarchies Benefit Groups? A Bounded Functionalist Account of Status
Cameron Anderson, Robb Willer

What’s in a Name? Status, Power, and Other Forms of Social Hierarchy
Steven L. Blader, Ya-Ru Chen


Who Leads? Psychological Underpinnings of Status Attainment

Personality and Status Attainment: A Micropolitics Perspective
Cameron Anderson, Jon Cowan

The Status-Size Hypothesis: How Cues of Physical Size and Social Status Influence Each Other
Nancy M. Blaker, Mark van Vugt

Prosocial Behavior and Social Status
Sara Kafashan, Adam Sparks, Vladas Griskevicius, Pat Barclay

The Pursuit of Status: A Self-presentational Perspective on the Quest for Social Value
Mark R. Leary, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno, Kate J. Diebels

The Roots and Fruits of Social Status in Small-Scale Human Societies
Christopher von Rueden

The Emotional Underpinnings of Social Status
Conor M. Steckler, Jessica L. Tracy


Intrapsychic and Interpersonal Consequences of Status

Decision Making at the Top: Benefits and Barriers
Nathanael J. Fast, Priyanka D. Joshi

Social Categories Create and Reflect Inequality: Psychological and Sociological Insights
Michael S. North, Susan T. Fiske


How Is Status Manifested in the Body?

Hormones and Hierarchies
Erik L. Knight, Pranjal H. Mehta

Neural Basis of Social Status Hierarchy
Narun Pornpattananangkul, Caroline F. Zink, Joan Y. Chiao

Nonverbal Communication and the Vertical Dimension of Social Relations
Judith A. Hall, Ioana Maria Latu, Dana R. Carney, Marianne Schmid Mast

The Assessment of Social Status: A Review of Measures and Experimental Manipulations
Joey T. Cheng, Aaron C. Weidman, Jessica L. Tracy

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