POL_S 428 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Dominance Theory, Social Dominance Orientation, Group Dynamics
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Examines personality and is built on group dynamics as well p. 218 of text. Theory presents a social dominance orientation measure that differentiates those who prefer social group relations to be equal or hierarchical. Extent to which people want their in-group to dominate out groups: level of analysis. Personality measures dimensions concerned with the degree a person favors an unequal, hierarchical dominance-oriented relationship among groups. Scale has produced measures similar to the authoritarian scale. Major difference is they tend to not identify as benevolent as. They are more explicit in their biases: people who score high on social dominance they will explicitly say they believe their group should be promoted above others and are seeking an advantage. Sdo claims that social identity cannot explain experimental findings that show we cannot predict when out group discrimination will occur and when at times out groups are favored.
