This actually makes a lot of sense from Robin’s signalling and status perspective. Those that conform to the socially expected norms need to differentiate themselves somehow, which means they are competing with each other on other terms. Those that don’t conform in some ways need to show that they support the social group in other ways.
This actually makes a lot of sense from Robin’s signalling and status perspective. Those that conform to the socially expected norms need to differentiate themselves somehow, which means they are competing with each other on other terms. Those that don’t conform in some ways need to show that they support the social group in other ways.
Hm. If conformists cooperated more, could one explain that situation using the same framework?
Conformists label themselves as going with the group, so they act in a way to fit the label. Nonconformists would do the opposite.
If I hadn’t seen this post and I was presented with these two ideas, I would chose this explanation as more likely.
The great problem of status based theories is they are too good at explaining most possible outcomes when it comes to dealing with humans.