Social inequalities emerge in every human society. New research into how these hierarchies form suggests ‘prestige psychology’ – the tendency to defer to expertise – is at the root.
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Professor of Psychology, University of Bamberg
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Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
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John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, Hamilton College