DOMINANCE HIERARCHY

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N., Pam M.S.
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1. Social psychology. The system with stable linear variations in prestige, status and authority among members. See status relations. 2. Any ordering of motives, needs etc based on importance.

DOMINANCE HIERARCHY: "In dominance hierarchy importance of a response is paramount."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. STATUS RELATIONS
  2. SOCIAL STATUS
  3. SOCIAL CLASS
  4. STATUS DIFFERENTIATION
  5. STATUS SYMBOL
  6. POTLATCH
  7. ANIMAL DOMINANCE
  8. EXPECTATION-STATES THEORY
  9. SOCIETY
  10. BIOLOGICAL FAMILY
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "DOMINANCE HIERARCHY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/dominance-hierarchy/ (accessed January 23, 2020).
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