Social Status: The Key to the Matrix Part III

This episode features:


-Why does men’s testosterone go down when they fall in love?


-Does “power posing” have any psychological effects?


-What is “humblebragging” and why does it pervade social media?


-Is our preference for democracy really a preference for high
status?


-What is self-esteem?


-How to increase self-esteem (the answer is disappointing)


-How to act high status (the answer is not disappointing)


 


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-References-


Apply Psychology:


Cameron, J. J., & Stinson, D. A. (2017). Sociometer Theory.
Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, 1-6.


Feltovich, N., Harbaugh, R., & To, T. (2002). Too Cool for
School? Signalling and Countersignalling. RAND Journal of
Economics, 33(4), 630-649.


Gettler, L. T., McDade, T. W., Feranil, A. B., & Kuzawa, C.
W. (2011). Longitudinal evidence that fatherhood decreases
testosterone in human males. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, 108(39), 16194-16199.


Longman, D. P., Surbey, M. K., Stock, J. T., & Wells, J. C.
(2018). Tandem androgenic and psychological shifts in male
reproductive effort following a manipulated “win” or “loss” in a
sporting competition. Human Nature, 29(3), 283-310.


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