Teasing, taunting, and the politics of politeness: High sociometric status is associated with expectation-consistent behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kraus, Michael W ^a   Oveis, Christopher ^b   Allison, Maria Logli ^c   Young, Randall C ^d   Tauer, John ^e   Keltner, Dacher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMIRATION; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; POLITENESS; PROVOCATION; RESPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; TAUNTING; TEASING; BULLYING; HUMAN RELATION; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL NORM;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84929289437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104737     Document Type: Article

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