Social Psychology & Persuasion · Social
Status & Signaling
Why humans chase status and how they show it: dominance vs prestige, Will Storr's three status games, costly signals from peacocks to luxury goods, Veblen and Spence, counter-signaling, and the health effects of rank.
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Prereqs: Evolutionary psychology. Next: Group identity & tribalism; The attention economy. Sources: Henrich & Gil-White, 'The evolution of prestige' (2001); Will Storr, *The Status Game* (2021); Thorstein Veblen, *The Theory of the Leisure Class* (1899); Michael Spence, 'Job Market Signaling' (1973); Marmot, Whitehall studies.Next: 1. Two routes to status