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Single strength is related to:
1) Difficulty of producing the signal. (A collage degree vs high school degree)
2) The size of the handicap vs the positive signal (Not having a collage degree but making a lot of money.)
3) The difficulty in faking the signal.
There are several factors that make up your perceived level of power:
1) Symbols that reliably indicate wealth, intelligence, and high rank
2) Social proof: Having people publicly prove you have power over them.
3) Physical attractiveness
4) Knowledge of institutional power granted to you
5) Displaying behaviors that, in the ancestral environment, correlated with having high status
My article only focuses on the last factor that determines your status. The behaviors I am referring to all follow your criteria. The lower status you are the harder it is to be indifferent towards interesting stimuli (stimuli most people would be reactive to).
People who can display low status behaviors or appear more likable by lowering their status can only do so because high status was established by other factors.