EMOTION AND MOTIVATION
Vanessa Urbina, Kelly Larsen, Sara Slayden
Pride
What is pride?What are the characteristics of pride?What does pride look like?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k013ww-w0as
What does pride look like?
Head and neck slightly tilted back
Expanded posture
Slight smile
Adapted from: Human Emotion; Professor June Gruber, Yale University. June 4,2013
Status and Pride
Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47. Web.
Pride, personality, and the evolutionary foundations of human social status
Introduction Universal differential social status
High social rank correlated with higher inclusive fitness
Influence, access, resources allocation
Pride as a psychological mechanism to motivate the individual
Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.
Hypothesis
Research shows 2 types of pride and 2 types of status…. Pride: hubristic and authentic
Status: dominance and prestige
Are these connected??? Hypothesis: Hubristic pride will be positively correlated with dominance and authentic pride
will be positively correlated with prestige.
Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.
Methods
Measurements of :
Self rated status (prestige and dominance)
Self rated pride (hubristic and authentic)
Peer related pride
Measures of personality traits
Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.
Conclusions
Hubristic pride associated with dominance
Authentic pride associated with prestige
Both forms of status allow for higher inclusive fitness
“…hubristic pride may have evolved to motivate behaviors, thoughts, and feelings toward attaining dominance, whereas authentic pride may have evolved to motivate behaviors, thoughts, and feelings oriented toward attaining prestige” pg 336)
Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.
Conclusion
Correlation between different types of pride and personality traits
Possible explanation?
Cheng, Joey T., Jessica L. Tracy, and Joseph Henrich. "Pride, Personality, and the Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status." Evolution and Human Behavior 31.5 (2010): 334-47.
Critical Review: Some interesting points
Distinction between hubristic and authentic pride
Psychologists have shown that dominance and prestige, assessed through self-reports, have divergent relations with basal testosterone levels
Women seem to prefer prestigious over dominant men
Critical Review: Unclear points
Attaining status through prestige evolved once we obtained the capacity for culture; Cheng et al claim this phenomenon is one that is not seen in non-humans they claim
The first experiment had individuals report about their own pride, status, and the personality traits they believed led to these pride and status positions
The authors predicted that genuine self-esteem would positively predict a prestigious status while it would negatively predict or have no relation to a dominance status
THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS?
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