Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

It is an uneasy truth of humanity that we are by nature hierarchical. Our brain is a meaning-making operation, and one of its basic procedures is to organize concepts hierarchically. Hierarchies make ...

Narcissists embark on the never-ending hunt to bolster their superior self-image. They look for external ways to increase their standing to prove to themselves and others that they are exceptional.