Dominance, Status, and Social Hierarchies

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 676-697

  Cummins, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive systems; Emotional systems; Physiological systems; Sex differences; Social dominance; Social hierarchies; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983361422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939376.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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