PSYB10H3 Lecture 18: Lecture 18 notes
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One level of status or power that is slightly above the other: valued social dimension people are ranked according to what matters to the group that is doing the ranking. we think of resources like money but in animals or social groups food matters a lot or water, but also such as businesses could be supplies to do your work. The person who has power decides how to allocate these resources how much money they"re going to pay the janitors in the corporation compared to the managers. people who are really rich are said to have more social power. a lot of people confuse these two concepts. status exists in the eyes of other people and it is conferred to people by other people. you can do things to make people respect you or admire you more, but it is those other people that choose what your status is.
