Act of Dominance
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An Act of Dominance is a social act that demonstrates power assertion over another individual or group (through behavioral display, verbal communication, or physical action).
- AKA: Expression of Dominance, Dominance Display, Power Demonstration, Dominance Behavior.
- Context:
- It can typically communicate Act of Dominance Status through act of dominance signal display and act of dominance behavioral pattern.
- It can typically establish Act of Dominance Relationship Position through act of dominance hierarchy reinforcement and act of dominance boundary setting.
- It can typically elicit Act of Dominance Submission through act of dominance intimidation technique and act of dominance compliance pressure.
- It can typically affirm Act of Dominance Control through act of dominance resource restriction and act of dominance decision authority.
- It can typically reinforce Act of Dominance Social Order through act of dominance public demonstration and act of dominance collective recognition.
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- It can often involve Act of Dominance Nonverbal Communication through act of dominance body posture, act of dominance facial expression, and act of dominance proxemic invasion.
- It can often utilize Act of Dominance Verbal Expression through act of dominance command issuance, act of dominance interruption pattern, and act of dominance criticism delivery.
- It can often include Act of Dominance Physical Interaction through act of dominance contact initiation, act of dominance movement restriction, and act of dominance force application.
- It can often provoke Act of Dominance Emotional Response through act of dominance fear induction, act of dominance anger triggering, and act of dominance shame creation.
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- It can range from being a Subtle Act of Dominance to being an Overt Act of Dominance, depending on its act of dominance visibility level.
- It can range from being a Symbolic Act of Dominance to being a Physical Act of Dominance, depending on its act of dominance manifestation form.
- It can range from being a Spontaneous Act of Dominance to being a Calculated Act of Dominance, depending on its act of dominance planning degree.
- It can range from being a Situational Act of Dominance to being a Persistent Act of Dominance, depending on its act of dominance frequency pattern.
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- It can function as Act of Dominance Social Communication by conveying power relationship information to both direct participants and observing audience members.
- It can serve as Act of Dominance Status Negotiation where dominance levels are tested, challenged, and established through interactive processes.
- It can represent Act of Dominance Cultural Expression reflecting cultural norms about acceptable dominance forms and dominance limitations in specific social contexts.
- It can trigger Act of Dominance Response Cascade including physiological reactions, behavioral adaptations, and social position adjustments among affected individuals.
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- Examples:
- Act of Dominance Context Types, such as:
- Interpersonal Act of Dominances, such as:
- Verbal Interruption Act of Dominance with act of dominance conversation control.
- Personal Space Invasion Act of Dominance with act of dominance proxemic intimidation.
- Direct Eye Contact Act of Dominance with act of dominance gaze maintenance.
- Voice Volume Increase Act of Dominance with act of dominance auditory dominance.
- Group Act of Dominances, such as:
- Public Criticism Act of Dominance with act of dominance social humiliation.
- Resource Control Act of Dominance with act of dominance access limitation.
- Decision Overriding Act of Dominance with act of dominance authority assertion.
- Territory Marking Act of Dominance with act of dominance space claiming.
- Institutional Act of Dominances, such as:
- Interpersonal Act of Dominances, such as:
- Act of Dominance Domain Types, such as:
- Professional Act of Dominances, such as:
- Academic Act of Dominances, such as:
- Social Media Act of Dominances, such as:
- Act of Dominance Severity Types, such as:
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- Act of Dominance Context Types, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Collaborative Interaction, which emphasizes mutual contribution rather than act of dominance power assertion and seeks shared outcome instead of act of dominance control establishment.
- Supportive Communication, which aims to build confidence rather than act of dominance intimidation and focuses on positive reinforcement instead of act of dominance compliance enforcement.
- Neutral Information Exchange, which lacks act of dominance hierarchy signaling and operates through balanced participation rather than act of dominance conversational control.
- Equitable Resource Sharing, which distributes access based on need or equality principle rather than act of dominance status demonstration.
- Consensual Power Exchange, which involves explicit agreement about power dynamics rather than act of dominance unilateral imposition.
- See: Social Role, Power (Social and Political), Dominance and Submission, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Science, Power (Sociology), Social Status, Dominance Hierarchy, Dominance Relationship, Submission Behavior, Status Display, Intimidation Tactic.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/expressions_of_dominance Retrieved:2017-11-4.
- Power and dominance-submission are two key dimensions of relationships, especially close relationships in which parties rely on one another to achieve their goals [1] and as such it is important to be able to identify indicators of dominance. [2] Power is the ability to influence behavior [3] and may not be fully assessable until it is challenged with equal force. [4] Unlike power, which can be latent, dominance is a manifest condition characterized by individual, [5] situational and relationship patterns in which attempts to control another party or parties may or may not be accepted. [6] Moskowitz, Suh, and Desaulniers (1994) describe two similar ways that people can relate to society as parties to interpersonal relationships: agency and communion. Agency includes status and is on a continuum from assertiveness-dominance to passive-submissiveness; it can be measured by subtracting submissiveness from dominance. Communion includes love and falls on a continuum from warm-agreeable to cold-hostile-quarrelsome. Those with the greatest and least power typically do not assert dominance while those with more equal relationships make more control attempts. [7]
Power and dominance are closely related concepts that greatly impact relationships. In order to understand how dominance captures relationships one must understand the influence of gender and social roles while watching for verbal and nonverbal indicators of dominance.
- Power and dominance-submission are two key dimensions of relationships, especially close relationships in which parties rely on one another to achieve their goals [1] and as such it is important to be able to identify indicators of dominance. [2] Power is the ability to influence behavior [3] and may not be fully assessable until it is challenged with equal force. [4] Unlike power, which can be latent, dominance is a manifest condition characterized by individual, [5] situational and relationship patterns in which attempts to control another party or parties may or may not be accepted. [6] Moskowitz, Suh, and Desaulniers (1994) describe two similar ways that people can relate to society as parties to interpersonal relationships: agency and communion. Agency includes status and is on a continuum from assertiveness-dominance to passive-submissiveness; it can be measured by subtracting submissiveness from dominance. Communion includes love and falls on a continuum from warm-agreeable to cold-hostile-quarrelsome. Those with the greatest and least power typically do not assert dominance while those with more equal relationships make more control attempts. [7]
- ↑ Dunbar and Burgoon, 2005
- ↑ Russel (as cited in Dunbar and Burgoon, 2005) describes, "the fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same way that energy is the fundamental concept in physics&rdquo
- ↑ (Bachrach and Lawler; Berger; Burgoon et al. ; Foa and Foa; French and Raven; Gray-Little and Burks; Henley; Olson and Cromwell; Rollins and Bahr, as cited in Dunbar and Burgoon, 2005)
- ↑ (Huston, as cited in Dunbar and Burgoon, 2005)
- ↑ Komter, as cited in Dunbar and Burgoon, 2005)
- ↑ (Rogers-Millar and Millar, as cited in Dunbar and Burgoon, 2005)
- ↑ Dunbar and Burgoon, 2005