Psychology Facts

▼ Dominance ▼

Just a short little chapter for y'all! Sorry it isn't too good I'm just short on ideas rn

》Dominance captures behavioural patterns found in social hierarchies that arise from agonistic interactions in which some individuals coercively exploit their control over costs and benefits to extract deference from others, often through aggression, threats and/or intimidation.

》Dominance motivation describes an individual's drive and energy to pursue power, a concept that shares much in common with Winter's (1994) definition of the power motive.

》Social dominance refers to situations in which an "individual or a group controls or dictates others' behavior, primarily in competitive situations"

》Social dominance hierarchies influence access to resources and mating partners and therefore constitute a potent biological force binding together social behavior, well-being, and evolutionary success.

》Dominant individuals are often most influential in their social groups, affecting movement, opinion, and performance across species and contexts. Yet, behavioral traits like aggression, intimidation, and coercion, which are associated with and in many cases define dominance, can be socially aversive.

》There are different ways for a person to be dominant, but researchers consider social dominance to include traits like being authoritative, in control, and taking a leadership role

》Evolutionary psychologists claim that women prefer dominant partners because such men have superior genes.

》Evidence has shown that women prefer more dominant men when they themselves are at the most fertile point of their menstrual cycle, whereas most men do not similarly seek out dominant women.

》having high social intelligence, the ability to embrace change, inner resources such as self-awareness and self-mastery, and above all, and the capacity to focus on the things that truly merit their attention are qualities of a great leader.