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Social rank theory, the Glossary

Social rank theory provides an evolutionary paradigm that locates affiliative and ranking structures at the core of many psychological disorders.^[1]

49 relations: Aggression, Agonistic behaviour, Algorithm, Alliance, Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, Appeasement, Authority, Beauty, Bird, Competition, Depression (mood), Egalitarianism, Evolution, Evolutionary approaches to depression, Food, Genetics, Group cohesiveness, Hierarchy, Humiliation, Hypomania, In-group and out-group, Intelligence, Mammal, Mental disorder, Mental health, Mobilization, Paradigm, Pathology, Predation, Primate, Psychology, Psychopathology, Reptile, Sadistic personality disorder, Scenario, Schizoid personality disorder, Schizophreniform disorder, Schizotypal personality disorder, Security, Self-esteem, Sexual partner, Shame, Social order, Social stratification, Synapsida, Territory, Threat, Type A and Type B personality theory.
Social psychology concepts

Aggression

Aggression is a behavior aimed at opposing or attacking something or someone.

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Agonistic behaviour

Agonistic behaviour is any social behaviour related to fighting.

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Algorithm

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation.

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An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them.

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Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.

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Anxiety disorder

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired.

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Appeasement

Appeasement, in an international context, is a diplomatic negotiation policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power with intention to avoid conflict.

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Authority is commonly understood as the legitimate power of a person or group over other people. Social rank theory and Authority are group processes.

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Beauty

Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes them pleasurable to perceive.

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Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Competition

Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game).

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism, or equalitarianism, is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds on the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people.

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Evolution

Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Evolutionary approaches to depression

Evolutionary approaches to depression are attempts by evolutionary psychologists to use the theory of evolution to shed light on the problem of mood disorders within the perspective of evolutionary psychiatry.

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Food

Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

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Group cohesiveness

Group cohesiveness, also called group cohesion or social cohesion, arises when bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole. Social rank theory and group cohesiveness are group processes and social groups.

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Hierarchy

A hierarchy (from Greek:, from, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another.

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Humiliation

Humiliation is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

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Hypomania

Hypomania (literally "under mania" or "less than mania") is a mental and behavioral disorder, characterised essentially by an apparently non-contextual elevation of mood (euphoria) that contributes to persistently disinhibited behavior.

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In-group and out-group

In social psychology and sociology, an in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. Social rank theory and in-group and out-group are group processes.

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Intelligence

Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Mental health

Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.

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Mobilization

Mobilization (alternatively spelled as mobilisation) is the act of assembling and readying military troops and supplies for war.

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Paradigm

In science and philosophy, a paradigm is a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitute legitimate contributions to a field.

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Pathology

Pathology is the study of disease and injury.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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Psychopathology

Psychopathology is the study of mental illness.

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Reptile

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.

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Sadistic personality disorder

Sadistic personality disorder was a proposed personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of sadistic and cruel behavior.

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Scenario

In the performing arts, a scenario (from Italian, "that which is pinned to the scenery") is a synoptical collage of an event or series of actions and events.

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Schizoid personality disorder

Schizoid personality disorder (often abbreviated as SzPD or ScPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency toward a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, detachment, and apathy.

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Schizophreniform disorder

Schizophreniform disorder is a mental disorder diagnosed when symptoms of schizophrenia are present for a significant portion of time (at least a month), but signs of disturbance are not present for the full six months required for the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

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Schizotypal personality disorder

Schizotypal personality disorder (StPD or SPD), also known as schizotypal disorder, is a cluster A personality disorder.

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Security

Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercion).

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Self-esteem

Self-esteem is confidence in one's own worth, abilities, or morals.

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Sexual partner

Sexual partners are people who engage in sexual activity together.

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Shame

Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness.

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The term social order can be used in two senses: In the first sense, it refers to a particular system of social structures and institutions.

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Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_rank_theory

Also known as Social ranking.

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