Sentences with phrase «social pecking orders»

«Your brain is wired not only to figure out where you sit in the professional and social pecking order against others, but to reinforce your position in that pecking order,» says writer Steve Errey, who continues: «When you get wrapped up in establishing or maintaining status, the moment your place in the hierarchy drops you're going to feel pretty horrible... Don't get into the status game — there are no winners.»

While the elites are worrying about economic crises and indifferent to the plight of the people, the news of the coming «Savior» is given directly to the lowest of the low in the social pecking order, the shepherds.

As you suggested, the social pecking order then kicks in so that the group enforces the leader's control.

People in those countries might even suppress their true feelings so as not to upset the social pecking order.

Luis Barreiro at the University of Montreal, Canada, and colleagues sorted female rhesus monkeys who had never met into groups and observed as they formed a social pecking order.

While males actively challenge their superiors to win higher rank, females accept their position in the social pecking order, waiting until more senior group members die before moving up the ladder.

SYNOPSIS: A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF — Designated Ugly Fat Friend — by her -LSB-...]

In turn, how is a social pecking order established through this process?

Sometimes this behavior is a way of demonstrating the social pecking order in a community of small animals.

Not exact matches

In the 2003 book «Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn about Sex from Animals,» the biologist Marlene Zuk points out that social groups of hens do have «pecking orders.»

In this, as in any pecking order, social value depends directly on the exercise of unilateral power.

A new study manipulating the pecking order of monkeys finds that low social status kicks the immune system into high gear, leading to unwanted inflammation akin to that in people with chronic diseases.

See, chickens need to establish a pecking order to organize the social aspects of their flock.

Every social group will have it's own pecking order.

The other major factor, unfortunately, is that a lot of dog behavior advice in the media and popular culture still has a tendency to pin most behavior issues on dominance, or conflicts over social status — so it makes a certain amount of sense to think that by spaying or neutering the dog and «taking them down a notch» in the pecking order, we might be able to fix the problem.

Based on the outcomes of social challenges among group members, a dominance hierarchy or «pecking order» is established (see our handout: «Dealing With Dominance In Dogs»).

It is very important that puppies stay with their mom and siblings for as long as possible during these periods and get to develop very important social skills of relating to each other and establishing a pecking order or hierarchy.

And what explains why there is a breeding pair in a dog pack, why some dogs get pushy to the point of aggression with people and animals and that proper leadership techniques, not clickers and treats, are the only way for making these dogs safe with people and / or animals??? Further... why is it now that of all the social animals, only DOGS and WOLVES don't have a pecking order?

Siblings will play fight with each other as a way to get stronger, learn social behaviors and, for some species, find their place in the pecking order of the group.