People seek status online and in the real world by showing off their good health or wealth. Getty Images (2) Food. Shelter. Facebook likes. The pursuit of status is one of the most crucial drivers in ...

According to evolutionary psychology, humans are by nature highly motivated to seek social status, because status led to increased access to social, economic and reproductive resources for those who ...

As humans, we are constantly navigating social status, using subconscious strategies to assert either our dominance or ...

In his fascinating 2019 book Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, the Yale sociologist and physician Nicholas Christakis describes research led by the evolutionary biologist Jessica ...

The health risks of low social status are due in part to the chronic psychosocial stress of perceived social subordination, whether by other individuals or by institutions. In western society, where ...

Is the American socioeconomic ladder sturdy, offering a good chance for people to move up and down? Or is it rickety, leaving most people stuck where they are? Psychologists at Princeton University ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. In America, we’d like to believe that there is no such thing as ...

The pursuit of money is often intertwined with a desire for higher social standing. However, some research implies that gaining respect and status within your own social circle may make you happier, ...

Editor’s Note: If you think you’re too short, you should have chosen taller parents. Thankfully, inherited physical traits, like height or eye color, aren’t often considered predictors of future ...