INTERVIEW: Sa-kiera Hudson Flashcards
What is she interested in?
The:
1. Formation
2. Maintenance
3. Intersection
Of social hierarchies
Why is social dominance theory important for us to understand in relation to social hierarchies?
Power is everything (everything is based on it) (individually/institutionally)
Social Dominance orientation is?
The extent to which people accept and promote group based inequality
High: Should be ppl on top and some on bottom
Explain how we are fine with some hierarchies?
We are usually okay with more worth based hierarchies (meritocracy)
- Which might explains some peoples SDO score (Cuz we can justify why ppl got so high)
Less okay with stuff like monarchies (usually)
Do most ppl in her research disagree with high social dominance options?
Yes
What are the two types of people that usually select “strongly disagree”?
We are conditioned to believe in equality
- People who actually believe that
- People who know that’s what they’re supposed to think
When was the only time they found a normal distribution?
When they sampled trump supporters
What is meritocracy?
Hierarchy enhancing ideology
People with higher levels of SDO
Do they feel just little empathy to other groups they are in competition with, or none at all?
They can recognize the emotions in others (like they’ll know if someone is sad in the story)
As SDO increases people less often pick empathy (especially when from outgroup)
***Which emotions they feel is inline with their feelings about hierarchy
What is SDO related to? (When hearing stories about ppl in situations of various races)
How you yourself feel, but not how others feel
What is another way to get a self report (besides verbal asking)
Physiological measures (ex. electrodes) (eye tracking- do they look at faces?)
- Good cuz ppl don’t often want to disclose they are prejudiced, or feel good at other ppls pain
Can we see the same results in cross races studies (ex. not white participants?)
She tried that, and gender and finds the results messy
(High status SDO person and being low status = conflicting
Ex. if black person, it’s hard to have high level of SDO because you are low status (if you do, she finds it messy)
What is the important difference between already formed hierarchies and forming hierarchies?
Already formed: (Stable) so emotions might just be about maintaining it
Forming: You really care about hierarchies, gonna feel emotion in line with what the hierarchy needs in order to form in the way you want it to
How could america be going into hierarchy forming?
Minorities populations are getting bigger, (minority majority)
Could have ideas on how they would like to shape the new hierarchy
What progress does she hope to see in the next few years?
Intersectionality - Important
And what does it say about studies on race and gender if you are only using black or white men
- Not capturing unique experiences
Ex. she is a black queer women (not many studies looking into responses from ppl that fall in all 3)
