Browsing by Subject "Hierarchy, Social"
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Rapid behavioral and genomic responses to social opportunity.
(PLoS Biol, 2005-11)From primates to bees, social status regulates reproduction. In the cichlid fish Astatotilapia (Haplochromis) burtoni, subordinate males have reduced fertility and must become dominant to reproduce. This increase in sexual ... -
Why do nominal characteristics acquire status value? A minimal explanation for status construction.
(AJS, 2009-11)Why do beliefs that attach different amounts of status to different categories of people become consensually held by the members of a society? We show that two microlevel mechanisms, in combination, imply a system-level ...
