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social hierarchy
You support systems that reinforce your own group's dominance.
Social Dominance Orientation measures your preference for hierarchical group relations over equality.
Research indicates that individuals high in this trait support policies that maintain status differences, regardless of which group they belong to. It is a fundamental orientation that shapes your political and economic preferences. You view the social world as an inevitable hierarchy rather than a flat plane.
Your political stance is often an expression of your underlying preference for order.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Sidanius and Pratto (1999) on Social Dominance Theory
- What the check found
- The definition provided is the consensus psychological understanding of the scale introduced in Sidanius and Pratto (1999). While the provided text does not contain this exact sentence, it describes the core concepts accurately.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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