social status

Receiving applause "from the right": Punishing freeriders is socially rewarded by those high in right-wing authoritarianism

Most social groups punish freeriders (i.e., individuals who receive the same benefits from the group as others, despite contributing less to its success). In small groups, individual group members (rather than established authorities) typically …

Can other-derogation be beneficial? Seeing others as low in agency can lead to an agentic reputation in newly formed face-to-face groups

Whenever groups form, members readily and intuitively judge each other’s agentic characteristics (e.g., self-confidence or assertiveness). We tested the hypothesis that perceiving others as low in these characteristics triggers agentic interpersonal …