Dados Bibliográficos

AUTOR(ES) S. Han , D. Melamed , X. Li , Will Kalkhoff
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) The Ohio State University, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
ANO 2017
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
ISSN 2378-0231
E-ISSN 2378-0231
EDITORA SAGE Publications Inc.
DOI 10.1177/2378023117709695
CITAÇÕES 4
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 441ecc598d9918f7b4f0f1910acf00ec

Resumo

Status characteristics theory provides a theoretical explanation for why social status promotes social influence in collectively oriented task groups. It argues that status differences produce differences in expectation states, which are anticipations of task-related contributions. Those with an expectation advantage are more influential, contribute more often to group discussions, and so on. The authors conducted the first experimental test of status characteristics theory while participants were in a magnetic resonance imaging machine. This permitted the measurement of neural activity in brain regions found to be associated with processing social status. The results indicate that neural activity does not explain the effect of status on behavior.

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