Status
What is Status? Definition Non-Human Animals Human Animals
Dominance Hierarchy Purpose of Hierarchy Losers Regaining Status Status is Dynamic
Status Competition: Mostly a Male Thing Male Competition Mating Gender Gap Dominant Males Kings and Harems
Other Evidence Boys at Play Men at Work Selfish vs. Prosocial Egalitarian Societies
The Emotions of Status Gaining Status Losing Status
What Determines Status? Male Non-verbals Size Structure Hormones ---Testosterone
Social Determinants Perceived Status Perceived Inclusiveness Perceived Attractiveness
Status Put to Work Males vs. Females Personals Ads ---Responses ---Women
More Personals Ads Research High Status Females Women with Resources Older Males ---Adolescent Males
Even More Attractive Females Picture vs. No Picture Musical Ability ---Rock Stars
Competition Intrasexual- competition between one sex, the outcomes of which contributed to mating access to the other sex. In male animals In humans Intersexual- if members of one sex have some consensus about the qualities that are desired in members of the opposite sex, then individuals of the opposite sex will be preferentially chosen (sexual selection). Humans Differences in Sex Strategies
Competition Gone Wild Supernormal Stimuli--exaggerated version of a stimulus to which there is an existing response. Functional Autonomy--when the motives for a behavior are independent of their origin.