People are largely motivated by social hierarchies. This is a bias because this dynamic is hidden from us and there are reasons for that.
This bias is explained in book. I added the name biasElephant in the Brain
Why this is hidden:
- If we have hidden motives we are more effective at presenting them as central if we do believe they are central
- CI:speculation
Proofs
In primatology almost everything is viewed through a perspective of a hierarchy in the group. In social sciences, when we talk about humans, in most cases hierarchy is not even mentioned. β Frans de Wall