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specific-status characteristic

specific-status characteristic

in expectation-states theory, any of various behavioral and personal characteristics relevant to the setting that people intentionally and unintentionally take into account when making judgments of their own and others’ competence, ability, and social value. Compare diffuse-status characteristic.

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