At this point, when you start discussing “positive/negative respect”, I’d need to ask what that means in even more detail. What defines the “zero point”, why would you have a total order (“levels”), why is this an interesting concept. Again, I see the affect, the surface promise of meaning, but not any straightforward way of discerning what’s actually meant.
One possible definition of a zero point would be signaling (or being perceived to signal) neither a raising nor a lowering of the status of the person in question. So the imperative could be reformulated as “don’t make moves to lower other people’s status in interactions with them”.
One possible definition of a zero point would be signaling (or being perceived to signal) neither a raising nor a lowering of the status of the person in question.
(It isn’t your imperative but...) High status people will often take that as disrespectful.
I understand treating higher status people like you would treat equal status people as signaling a lowering of their status so I think that’s already taken into account.
I understand treating higher status people like you would treat equal status people as signaling a lowering of their status so I think that’s already taken into account.
Not necessarily. Status is transactional and dynamic. High status people (of a certain kind) demand a constant stream of ‘status raising’ behaviors in the same way governments demand taxes.
One possible definition of a zero point would be signaling (or being perceived to signal) neither a raising nor a lowering of the status of the person in question. So the imperative could be reformulated as “don’t make moves to lower other people’s status in interactions with them”.
(It isn’t your imperative but...) High status people will often take that as disrespectful.
I understand treating higher status people like you would treat equal status people as signaling a lowering of their status so I think that’s already taken into account.
Not necessarily. Status is transactional and dynamic. High status people (of a certain kind) demand a constant stream of ‘status raising’ behaviors in the same way governments demand taxes.