期刊名称:Socius: Sociological Research For a Dynamic World
印刷版ISSN:2378-0231
出版年度:2017
卷号:3
期号:3
DOI:10.1177/2378023117709695
语种:English
出版社:SAGE Publications
摘要:Status characteristics theory provides a theoretical explanation for why social status promotes social influence in collectively oriented task groups. It argues that status differences produce differences in expectation states, which are anticipations of task-related contributions. Those with an expectation advantage are more influential, contribute more often to group discussions, and so on. The authors conducted the first experimental test of status characteristics theory while participants were in a magnetic resonance imaging machine. This permitted the measurement of neural activity in brain regions found to be associated with processing social status. The results indicate that neural activity does not explain the effect of status on behavior.
关键词:expectation states; influence; social neuroscience; status