Dominance hierarchy — For other uses, see Dominance. A dominance hierarchy (in humans: social hierarchy) is the organization of individuals in a group that occurs when competition for resources leads to aggression. Schjelderup Ebbe, who studied the often cited example … Wikipedia
dominance hierarchy — Animal Behav. a system or set of relationships in animal groups that is based on a hierarchical ranking, usually established and maintained by behavior in aggressive encounters: one or a few members hold the highest rank and the others are… … Useful english dictionary
Dominance — may refer to: Dominance (C++), an aspect of virtual inheritance in the C++ programming language Dominance (economics), in economics, the degree of inequality in market share distribution Strategic dominance, in game theory, when one strategy is… … Wikipedia
Dominance (ethology) — For other uses, see Dominance. Dominance in the context of biology and anthropology is the state of having high social status relative to one or more other individuals, who react submissively to dominant individuals. This enables the dominant… … Wikipedia
Dominance signal — A dominance signal is used in a dominance hierarchy or pecking order to indicate an animal s dominance. Dorsal darkening has been suggested to represent a dominance signal in male tree lizards.[1] Gorillas sometimes use chest drumming as a… … Wikipedia
Hierarchy — A hierarchy (Greek: hierarchia (ἱεραρχία), from hierarches, leader of sacred rites ) is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being above, below, or at the same level as one… … Wikipedia
hierarchy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complex ▪ rigid, strict ▪ the rigid class hierarchy of rural society ▪ traditional ▪ existing … Collocations dictionary
dominance — noun Date: 1819 1. the fact or state of being dominant: as a. dominant position especially in a social hierarchy b. the property of one of a pair of alleles or traits that suppresses expression of the other in the heterozygous condition c. the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
dominance — The state of being dominant. cerebral d. the fact that one hemisphere is dominant over the other and will exercise greater influence over certain functions; the left cerebral hemisphere is usually dominant in the control of speech … Medical dictionary
hierarchy — 1. Any system of persons or things ranked one above the other. 2. In psychology and psychiatry, an organization of habits or concepts in which simpler components are combined to form increasingly complex integrations. [G. hierarchia, rule or… … Medical dictionary
