Social dominance orientation (SDO)

Question 1

What is social dominace?

Answer 1

• It is all about power is society
• this could be viewed as the more powerful should have better jobs

Question 2

What is social dominance orientation?

Answer 2

• It is positively related to elements of disagreeableness
• including coldness and aggression

Question 3

What are the measures of social dominance?

Answer 3

• a scale has been developed social dominance
• comprises of 14-16 items using a 7 point likert scale
• participants rate their agreement or disagreement from 1(strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)

Question 4

What are some examples?

Answer 4

• Some groups of people are simply inferior to other groups
• in getting what you want, it is sometimes necessary to use force against other groups
• no group should dominate in society