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Authentic Communication and Social Status
52:11 - 58:30 (06:19)
The use of language when trying to impress others can reveal social and economic insecurities. Often, those at lower-ranking universities or with less prestigious backgrounds will use elevated language to compensate for their perceived lower status.
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The concept of revealing vulnerabilities may be linked to the level of comfort and social status one holds within a society.
52:11 - 54:41 (02:29)
Summary
The concept of revealing vulnerabilities may be linked to the level of comfort and social status one holds within a society. This is evident in research that has found that individuals from lower ranked universities tend to use more complex language in their PhD dissertations, as a way of counter signaling their social status.
ChapterAuthentic Communication and Social Status
Episode#292 - Rob Henderson - Signalling: Why You Do The Things You Do
PodcastModern Wisdom
The host discusses different strategies people adopt to navigate status in academia, from dressing up to downplaying one's accomplishments.
54:41 - 56:51 (02:09)
Summary
The host discusses different strategies people adopt to navigate status in academia, from dressing up to downplaying one's accomplishments.
ChapterAuthentic Communication and Social Status
Episode#292 - Rob Henderson - Signalling: Why You Do The Things You Do
PodcastModern Wisdom
The podcast explores the concept of envy and how it relates to people's desire to improve their social or economic status, often coming off as insincere or brown-nosing, and how this emotion is one of the seven deadly sins.
56:52 - 58:30 (01:38)
Summary
The podcast explores the concept of envy and how it relates to people's desire to improve their social or economic status, often coming off as insincere or brown-nosing, and how this emotion is one of the seven deadly sins.