"This volume examines the affective and social dimensions of self-related activities. This is a novel way of approaching traditional questions such as the scope and purpose of self-knowledge, the interrelation between the social and the individual person, and the significance of…
Examines the role of the process of social comparison as it occurs between individuals and between social groups Much of our knowledge about ourselves, and about the world in which we live, is based on a process of social comparison. Our tendency to appraise events, objects, pe…
Much of our knowledge about ourselves, and about the world in which we live, is based on a process of social comparison. Our tendency to appraise events, objects, people, and social groups by making comparisons has captured the interest of social psychologists for over half a ce…
Much of our knowledge about ourselves, and about the world in which we live, is based on a process of social comparison. Our tendency to appraise events, objects, people, and social groups by making comparisons has captured the interest of social psychologists for over half a ce…
This volume provides a synthesis of the latest theoretical and empirical developments in social psychology through research on social comparison processes. It deals with the role of social comparison in the study of culural differences and similarities.
This volume provides a synthesis of the latest theoretical and empirical developments in social psychology through research on social comparison processes. It deals with the role of social comparison in the study of culural differences and similarities.
The extent to which we see ourselves as similar or different from others in our lives plays a key role in getting along and participating in social life. This volume identifies research relevant to such communal functions of social comparisons and summarizes and organizes this r…