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More dominant individuals have a more erect posture.<ref>Weisfeld. 1982. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00992459</ref> | More dominant individuals have a more erect posture.<ref>Weisfeld. 1982. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00992459</ref> | ||
For example, the grade received after an exam predicts changes in erectness of posture (r = 0.6 to 0.8) and people intuitively infer dominance from erectness of posture.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00992459</ref> | For example, the grade received after an exam predicts changes in erectness of posture (r = 0.6 to 0.8) and people intuitively infer dominance from erectness of posture.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00992459</ref> | ||
Erectness before the exam, however, does not affect the grade, | Erectness before the exam, however, does not affect the grade, hence dominance is not caused by erectness of posture, but dominance leads to a change in posture. | ||
=== Confidence === | === Confidence === | ||