Priming Status Perceptions: Experimental Evidence on Assessments of Subjective Social Status

• In Event: Political Psychology & Voter Perceptions

Brief Overview

What drives individuals’ subjective social status? We asked native as well as non-native respondents to place themselves on the ‘TOPBOT’ ladder, experimentally varying the preceding question – migration background, education or political interest.

Authors

• Marvin Reis, Freie Universitat Berlin

• Thorsten Faas, University of Toronto