1. EMOTION AND MOTIVATION Vanessa Urbina, Kelly Larsen, Sara Slayden

2. Pride  What is pride?  What are the characteristics of pride?  What does pride look like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k013ww-w0as  What is pride?  What are the characteristics of pride?  What does pride look like? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k013ww-w0as

3. What does pride look like?  Head and neck slightly tilted back  Expanded posture  Slight smile  Head and neck slightly tilted back  Expanded posture  Slight smile Adapted from: Human Emotion; Professor June Gruber, Yale University. June 4,2013

4. Status and Pride  Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47. Web.

5. Pride, personality, and the evolutionary foundations of human social status  Introduction  Universal differential social status  High social rank correlated with higher inclusive fitness  Influence, access, resources allocation  Pride as a psychological mechanism to motivate the individual  Introduction  Universal differential social status  High social rank correlated with higher inclusive fitness  Influence, access, resources allocation  Pride as a psychological mechanism to motivate the individual Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.

6. Hypothesis Research shows 2 types of pride and 2 types of status….  Pride: hubristic and authentic  Status: dominance and prestige Are these connected???  Hypothesis: Hubristic pride will be positively correlated with dominance and authentic pride will be positively correlated with prestige. Research shows 2 types of pride and 2 types of status….  Pride: hubristic and authentic  Status: dominance and prestige Are these connected???  Hypothesis: Hubristic pride will be positively correlated with dominance and authentic pride will be positively correlated with prestige. Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.

7. Methods  Measurements of :  Self rated status (prestige and dominance)  Self rated pride (hubristic and authentic)  Peer related pride  Measures of personality traits  Measurements of :  Self rated status (prestige and dominance)  Self rated pride (hubristic and authentic)  Peer related pride  Measures of personality traits Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.

8. Conclusions  Hubristic pride associated with dominance  Authentic pride associated with prestige  Both forms of status allow for higher inclusive fitness “…hubristic pride may have evolved to motivate behaviors, thoughts, and feelings toward attaining dominance, whereas authentic pride may have evolved to motivate behaviors, thoughts, and feelings oriented toward attaining prestige” pg 336)  Hubristic pride associated with dominance  Authentic pride associated with prestige  Both forms of status allow for higher inclusive fitness “…hubristic pride may have evolved to motivate behaviors, thoughts, and feelings toward attaining dominance, whereas authentic pride may have evolved to motivate behaviors, thoughts, and feelings oriented toward attaining prestige” pg 336) Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.

9. Conclusion  Correlation between different types of pride and personality traits  Possible explanation?  Correlation between different types of pride and personality traits  Possible explanation? Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.

10. Critical Review: Some interesting points  Distinction between hubristic and authentic pride  Psychologists have shown that dominance and prestige, assessed through self-reports, have divergent relations with basal testosterone levels  Women seem to prefer prestigious over dominant men  Distinction between hubristic and authentic pride  Psychologists have shown that dominance and prestige, assessed through self-reports, have divergent relations with basal testosterone levels  Women seem to prefer prestigious over dominant men

11. Critical Review: Unclear points  Attaining status through prestige evolved once we obtained the capacity for culture; Cheng et al claim this phenomenon is one that is not seen in non-humans they claim  The first experiment had individuals report about their own pride, status, and the personality traits they believed led to these pride and status positions  The authors predicted that genuine self-esteem would positively predict a prestigious status while it would negatively predict or have no relation to a dominance status  Attaining status through prestige evolved once we obtained the capacity for culture; Cheng et al claim this phenomenon is one that is not seen in non-humans they claim  The first experiment had individuals report about their own pride, status, and the personality traits they believed led to these pride and status positions  The authors predicted that genuine self-esteem would positively predict a prestigious status while it would negatively predict or have no relation to a dominance status

12. THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS?